2022 Grosset Riesling Polish Hill Clare Valley
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Full bottle 1,411 g. From Jeffrey Grosset's famous 8-ha vineyard at 460 m in the coolest part of the Clare Valley, now certified organic and biodynamic . The low-fertility soils of the hard, rocky site are silt and shallow shales over a thin crust of clay and gravel where the vines have to work much harder than in his Springvale vineyard 5 km away. Nose of lime, flowers and enormous extract. It's its own master but there are definitely notes of a top German GG. Very long and substantial. There was a time when Springvale was much more approachable in youth than Polish Hill but I think those positions may be reversed in 2022. There's even a certain opulence to this wine! As well as the usual steely undertow. Very long indeed. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
James Suckling
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Spectacular nose with a cornucopia of delicate citrus, stone-fruit and wildflower aromas. Then, a no less stunning combination of fruit and radically slate, flint and aniseed character. Very long finish with so much energy and great minerality. Excellent aging potential! From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
The Polish Hill Riesling is muscular and defined in its structure and is routinely possessed of an authority and grace straight off the bat. This 2022 Polish Hill Riesling is mineral and fine, but phenolic and taut, too. The acidity creates tension and life in the mouth, and despite the wine being pristine, it is chalky and pithy, too. The Polish Hill Riesling has a decorated legacy and is prized for its longevity in the cellar. There have been mutterings of similarities between 2022 and the great and fabled 2002 vintage, boding very well indeed for the future of this wine. Riesling mainlines the dirt and takes us to place. This is why we gravitate toward great wine, to be taken to dirt, vineyard and region.