Grosset 'Springvale' Watervale Riesling 2007
Looks very smart. Full of citrussy, blossomy fragrance and not light on for flavour, the pulse of it beating strongly through the finish. Crisp, clean, tangy and long. Picture perfect young Clare riesling. Drink: 2007-2014. 93 points. Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
2007 marked the third vintage of the Watervale Riesling in which the fruit was exclusively from the Springvale Vineyard. The Grosset Springvale Vineyard is the classic red loam over limestone "soft rock" profile for which the Watervale sub-region has become famous.
It is therefore no surprise that the Springvale Vineyard has proven to be a site for producing fruit of outstanding quality and with an abundance of flavour, and the name change celebrates and acknowledges this fact.
Grosset ‘Springvale’ Watervale Riesling 2007 is delicately fragrant with a touch of talc, intensely limey with some lemony notes and immaculate purity of fruit, juicy and succulent yet tightly structured, weighty, before a long, zesty dry finish. To many, it will be much more immediately appealing than the ‘Polish Hill’ and enjoyed young for its refreshing, cleansing tanginess and mouth-watering varietal concentration. The combination of an outstanding site and Grosset’s uncompromising approach to viticulture and winemaking, assures that it will also age gracefully.
