2006 PEWSEY VALE CONTOURS RIESLING - ON SONG

Pewsey Vale is one of Australia’s best recognised labels when it comes to the Riesling grape. It is one of very few producers to release a wine, The Contours, with extended bottle age, just as the wine is starting to enter its long drinking window.

The 2006 rendition of Pewsey Vale The Contours Riesling captures the essence of Eden Valley Riesling. It displays the hallmark delicacy and interplay of floral and citrus notes we associate with Eden Valley. Six years on from vintage, the wine has started to unfurl and flesh out, acidity playing a supporting rather than dominating role.

It is a highly engaging and dangerously drinkable example of Riesling, a wine that would many Riesling naysayers over to this great noble grape. While offering plenty of drinking pleasure now, it should be capable of aging for another two decades under screwcap.

2006 THE CONTOURS RIESLING
Producer: Pewsey Vale
Variety: Riesling
Vintage: 2006
Region: Eden Valley, South Australia
ABV: 12.5%
Closure: Screw cap
Retail Price: $27.99
Date tasted: 16 December 2012

Tasting Note:
Bright silvery lemon. Alluring aromatic nose of lemon zest, green apples, and white flowers. Ever so slightly off-dry, bottle age has seen the palate flesh out, medium bodied, delicate yet full in flavour, once again in the lemon/lime citrus and apple orchard vein. Plenty of depth here, cushioned by fine balancing acidity. Dangerously easy to drink.
Score: 17.5+/20