Pikes ‘The Merle’ Reserve Riesling 2022 Vegan Friendly (6 Bottles) Clare Valley

$292.00 GST Included

AUSTRALIA WIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED

Named after the family matriarch, ‘The Merle’ is selected from the best parcels of Riesling on the Pikes Polish Hill River Estate. Only produced in exceptional years it’s fermented in stainless steel tanks and spends 3 months on lees to provide additional depth and texture.

Brilliant water like core with a faint greenish tinge running around the edges. Leaping out of the glass are powerful lime, citrus and orange rind aromatics with talc and subtle steely mineral notes also evident. An intense hit of lemon and lime fruits bursts across the palate underpinned by racy, taut like acidity. Elements of orange rind, chalky minerals, talc and wet stone then flow onto the back half. The fantastic acid structure winds things up tightly and provides great focus but in no way dampens the superb fruit intensity. Finishes dry, steely and super long.

Gold Medal Winner at the 26th Langton’s Clare Valley Regional Wine Show 2021

99 Points – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot, September 2021
“Terrific intensity here, incredible length and perfect structure. This wine offers more chalky soil notes (or at least, that is what it appears to do), along with those beautiful fresh lime characters. This is a stunning Riesling. The flavours explode across the palate. It has a life of twenty years ahead of it and many more, if you can be that patient. If there is a better Riesling made in Australia this decade, I want to know about it.”

95 Points – Mike Bennie, The Wine Front, September 2021
“An imperial standard, of sorts! Lemongrass, lime cordial, green apples. Huzzah! A touch of blackcurrant too? Perhaps. Attractive, varietal scents. Zingy and energetic to taste, compact, bracing with its core of steely, lemon juice acidity. Pent up, powerful, tight and very long. Bone dry. Excellent, classic expression. A Very Good Example.”

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Description

Pikes Wines was first established in 1984 by brothers Andrew and Neil Pike, and continues to be family owned and operated to this day.

The Pikes Estate is comprised of approximately 100 hectares of rolling slopes in the historic and picturesque Polish Hill River sub region on the eastern side of the Clare Valley. The climate in this area is considerably cooler and the soils are also quite unique to the rest of the region. These attributes impart distinctive flavours and aromas to the wines from the Polish Hill River area.

Whilst we are best known for Riesling, we have been growing Shiraz and Cabernet for 35 years and have 20 different grape varieties planted on our estate, producing a wide range of wine styles to suit all tastes.

Our Tasting Room is open daily and offers a 40-minute seated tasting of five of our estate grown wines, hosted by a dedicated member of our tasting room team.

The Pikes Tasting Room and adjoining Slate Restaurant are housed in a new building, which boasts a contemporary design combined with traditional materials to create a linger-worthy tasting and dining experience.

On Thursday to Sunday, Slate Restaurant comes to life, offering a modern Australian menu that changes and evolves constantly, focusing on seasonal produce and showcasing the best of the Clare Valley.

The Tasting Room and Slate have a seamless connection with our existing on-site brewery, Pikes Beer Company, which includes an alfresco area that offers a relaxed Garden menu on weekends.

Oatley Fine Wine Merchants

Renamed in August 2015, Oatley Fine Wine Merchants is the Oatley family’s Australian wine distribution business.

Oatley Fine Wine Merchants is focused on becoming a leading independent premium wine merchant recognised for the quality of the wines we offer and for the services we provide to our customers. We are committed to offering the flexibility of representation that meets your venue’s specific needs.

All of our producers are independent and family owned, where heritage and authenticity are key. We work in partnership with the wineries we represent with a commitment to deliver wines of the highest quality and standards. We will continue to evolve the portfolio of wines we offer to ensure we meet the challenges of a constantly changing market and evolving consumer preferences.