2023 Adelina Polish Hill River Riesling
WINEMAKER: Col McBryde & Jennie Gardner
REGION: Clare Valley, SA
VARIETY: Riesling
VITICULTURE: Sustainable
The 2023 Polish Hill River Riesling is more subdued, on blue-grey soil, jasmine, and botanical-based aromatics come to the fore, followed by classical citrus and minerality.
It’s worth taking a step back to remind ourselves what underpins the continuous rise of this producer’s offering. Firstly, the quality of the terroir. Nestled against Wendouree and Aberfeldy and initially planted in the early 1900s, Springfarm is one of the Clare Valley’s oldest and most historic vineyards. Its low-yielding, dry-grown, old vines are primarily rooted in shallow, red-ish silt over clay with lime and slate: this is a place “steeped in the heritage of Clare and Australian wine folklore” notes Col.