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2019 GCV Celtic Farm Riesling
The 2019 GCV Celtic Farm Riesling comes from three different blocks on the vineyard and our intention is to make a wine in the modern Australian Riesling style – crisp, dry and fresh.
Citrus characters of lemon and lime on full display along with some attractive floral notes.
2019 GCV Celtic Farm Riesling
Overview
Tasting Notes
Pale green in appearance with typical Celtic Farm characters of lemon/lime, fresh cut apple and peach along with some attractive floral notes. The palate is crisp, dry and soft - the acidity working well with the tiny amount of residual sweetness on the finish. Great with any seafood really – try it with salt & pepper barramundi – wild catch of course. Worth a few years in the cellar too – say 5-7 years.
Vintage Notes
Growing Season
The vintage was shaped by a typically cool winter, but with below average rainfall. Spring rains were also down. Budburst and flowering were normal and harvest commenced in late February for us. While we experienced above average temperatures during January and much of February, conditions were quite mild once vintage began in earnest. The 2019 vintage will be remembered as another high-quality Clare Riesling vintage with lower alcohols and bright acids a feature of our wines.
Winemaking
The grapes for this wine were machine harvested in the cool, early hours of the morning, transported to the winery to be crushed, chilled and pressed as soon as possible prior to the juice being clarified by cold settling. It was then inoculated with a pure yeast culture, with fermentation carried out in stainless steel temperature controlled tanks for on average 25-30 days. The wine was fined, stabilised then filtered prior to bottling.