2012 was one of the best vintages in South Australia history. 2012 was a textbook vintage, and a winemakers dream. We had big rains in December, which was a great boost for the vines. Many regions had 100mL, meaning that many vineyards did not require irrigation throughout the growing season. This was topped up by about 30mL of rain in February, which was good timing, as harvest was still a couple of weeks away. January and February were cool months, allowing for slow ripening, and harvest of the Clare Valley vineyard mid March. March still continued cool. The ripening of the grapes slowed down, resulting in a latter than normal harvest in Eden Valley. The Eden Valley vineyard was harvested mid April. 

Clare Valley Riesling

Rieslingfreak No.3 is my dry style Clare Valley Riesling. The colour is pale straw, with some green hues. The nose expresses limes, lemons and has floral and talk notes. The palate is big and generous, with ripe lemons and limes, banana and pineapple notes. The wine has good acid, which is balanced nicely with 3g/L sugar.

Eden Valley Riesling

Rieslingfreak No.4 is my dry style Eden Valley Riesling. The colour is pale yellow, with green hues. The wine has aromas of green lemons, sweet spice, and some herbaceous notes. The palate is very delicate showing some green herbaceous notes, green lemon and limes and some sweet spice. 

Clare Valley Off Dry Riesling

Rieslingfreak No.5 is my Clare Valley Off Dry Riesling. This wine has 13g/L sugar, which is balanced out nicely with 7.3 g/L acid. The colour is pale straw with green hues. Aromas of sweet lemon with floral notes. The palate is generous with sweet citrus, sherbet, passionfruit and sweet spice notes.