Mitchell Watervale Riesling 2019
Style: White Wine
Variety: Riesling
Closure: Screwcap
Mitchell Watervale Riesling 2019
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Burke Road
Camberwell VIC 3124
Australia
Producer: Mitchell
Country: Australia
Region: Clare Valley
Vintage: 2019
Critic Score: 95
Alcohol: 12.5%
Size: 750 ml
Drink by: 2030
In 1975 Andrew and Jane Mitchell took over the family farm in the Clare Valley and established Mitchell Wines. They are one of the stalwarts of the Clare Valley and are renowned for the production of long-lived rieslings. Over the years the Mitchells have established or acquired 80ha of vineyards on 4 excellent sites. Some of the vines are over 60 years old and are all managed organically.
"The palate is keenly balanced with a dusty minerality and judicious acidity, mouth-watering, spicy and definitely individual in its expression of what is a renowned varietal/regional stamp. You want character in your riesling? Here you go." Tony Love
Expert reviews
"Really powerful, concentrated and generally just excellent. Dials up Clare riesling to the next level. Waxy characters, steel and flint, lime juice, floral things, green apple juice. Lots going on all kept in a neat and tidy, dart-shaped flow and equally matched with very attractive, strong perfume. It's doing a lot here, moves so well, generally just utterly delicious and feels very complex. A standard bearer. Drink 2019-2027+" Mike Bennie, The Wine Front - 95 points
"This feels like a very old school riesling – and with that, seemingly new school. Vineyard management is traditional, dry-grown, without fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides, hand-pruned and hand-picked. In the winery, the slow approach continues with a natural and gentle ferment then eight months floating on its wild yeast lees. All this is pertinent, as the wine, now released 18 months after harvest has a very distinctive style about it, a slowly developed richness of aromas and flavours.
Sure, there are the expected citrus notes, but with a deeper presence than simply fresh juice and zest. The palate is keenly balanced with a dusty minerality and judicious acidity, mouth-watering, spicy and definitely individual in its expression of what is a renowned varietal/regional stamp. You want character in your riesling? Here you go. Drink: 2020 - 2028." Tony Love, Wine Pilot - 94 points
About the winery
"In 1975 Andrew and Jane Mitchell took over the family farm in the Clare Valley and established Mitchell Wines. One of the stalwarts of the Clare Valley, they produce long-lived rieslings and cabernet sauvignons in classic regional style. The range now includes very creditable semillon, grenache and shiraz. A lovely old stone apple shed is the cellar door and upper section of the upgraded winery. Children Angus and Edwina are now working in the business, heralding generational changes. Over the years the Mitchells have established or acquired 80ha of vineyards on 4 excellent sites, some vines over 60 years old; all are managed organically, with biodynamic composts used for over a decade." James Halliday
South Australia
South Australian is responsible for more than half the production of all Australian wine. It is home to more than 900 wineries across 18 wine regions. The regions are Adelaide Hills, Adelaide Plains, Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Coonawarra, Currency Creek, Eden Valley, Kangaroo Island, Langhorne Creek, McLaren Vale, Mount Benson, Mount Gambier, Padthaway, Riverland, Robe, Southern Fleurieu, Southern Flinders Ranges and Wrattonbully.
Many of the well-known names in the South Australian wine industry established their first vineyards in the late 1830s and early 1840s. The first vines in McLaren Vale were planted at Reynella in 1839 and Penfold's established Magill Estate on the outskirts of Adelaide in 1844.
South Australia has a vast diversity in geography and climate which allows the State to be able to produce a range of grape varieties - from cool climate Riesling in the Clare and Eden Vallies to the big, full bodied Shiraz wines of the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale. Two of Australia's best-known wines, Penfolds Grange and Henschke Hill of Grace, are produced here. There is much to discover in South Australia for the wine lover.