Murdoch Hill Artisan Series Sulky Riesling 2023 (6 Bottles), Adelaide Hills

by Fine Wine Cellars

$201.00 GST Included

AUSTRALIA WIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED

This was sourced from 20-plus-year-old vines on a sustainably managed, small vineyard on an ironstone rock-bed in Macclesfield, in the southern parts of the Adelaide Hills. This beautifully crafted, delicate and fine-boned Riesling was handpicked and destemmed before a wild ferment in a 1500-litre foudre, where it spent two months before being moved to tank for another two months prior to bottling.

The 2022 is flush with springtime freshness, apple flavours, florals, some spice and a clear mineral edge. Mouth-filling weight and a powerful core of flavour align to steely acidities, just enough grip and a generous, driven close. Cast aside your assumptions, this is not your average South Australian Riesling.

“Although this is atypically Australian for being not bone dry, this has a creamy mouthfeel that works very well together with the rather steely lime zest acidity. Wild fermented, which is very rare for this category. Drink or hold. Screw cap.” 92 points, James Suckling

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Murdoch Hill is a family-owned winery captained by talented young winemaker Michael Downer.

Downer splits the range in two: his clean-cut, consistently high-quality ‘Estate’ wines are excellent value and perpetually reliable, and his quirky, adventurous ‘Artisan’ wines which offer an alt-styling and different shades of the region.

With the combination of high-quality Adelaide Hills fruit grown on the family estate and the undoubted talent in the winery, this is a Hills producer on the up and up!

Our family has been farming the fertile soils of the Onkaparinga Valley since 1939 and in this time there have been many cattle grazing, hens laying, potatoes grown, flowers picked and since 1998 we have been passionately caring for our vines, and making great wines.

Our vineyard is located behind the township of Oakbank in the beautiful Adelaide Hills. Producing excellent Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon. There has been a lot of blood sweat and tears along the way.

Now, with 20 vintages under our belt the results speak for themselves. We carefully hand prune, shoot thin, bunch thin, and hand pick to produce the best possible wines that show the unique characters of our place.

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