2022 Dukes Vineyard Magpie Hill Reserve Riesling
This 2022 Magpie Hill Reserve Riesling is the first under new ownership, and it leads with a distinctly different nose than usual. It's challenging to pin down, but here goes: in place of the pristine white flowers and talc that is expected, there is swirling ash/embers, straw/hay, bison grass and graphite/bitumen and a pronounced petrichor/ozone character leads the charge. Behind it are pencil shavings, Dispirin (aspirin), the crackle of summer grass and oxalis. It's salty and mineral, gray and rocky, austere and sleek. Whether it's the season or not, this is a change in style for the Magpie Hill Reserve. Very different indeed. Read more
Critic Reviews
This 2022 Magpie Hill Reserve Riesling is the first under new ownership, and it leads with a distinctly different nose than usual. It's challenging to pin down, but here goes: in place of the pristine white flowers and talc that is expected, there is swirling ash/embers, straw/hay, bison grass and graphite/bitumen and a pronounced petrichor/ozone character leads the charge. Behind it are pencil shavings, Dispirin (aspirin), the crackle of summer grass and oxalis. It's salty and mineral, gray and rocky, austere and sleek. Whether it's the season or not, this is a change in style for the Magpie Hill Reserve. Very different indeed.
Smoky struck-flint reduction at first sniff then a suite of fruit aromas gradually unfolds, floral, mineral, green apple and lemon to the fore. The wine is tightly wound and very restrained, delicate and tense, needing time to emerge fully. Lively acidity is neatly integrated into the wine. A long-term wine for sure, a style that needs time and will richly reward even a few years cellaring.
Technical Attributes
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Producer: Duke's Vineyard
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Varietal: Riesling
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Region: Porongurup
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Net volume: 750ml
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Vintage: 2022
Producer: Duke's Vineyard
Varietal: Riesling
Region: Porongurup
Net volume: 750ml
Vintage: 2022
Tasting Notes
Appearance: very pale straw, flinty green hues Aroma: struck flint, wet slate, and lime zest; Meyer lemon, lime juice, and grapefruit pith; lemon sherbet, hints of cucumber, and green melon Palate: lime with a hint of lemon and lavender; hints of white citrus blossom; soft powdery textural acidity; long, mineral, elegant; tightly coiled yet slowly unfurling; lime sorbet pucker; racy, precise, long, and laser focused. One to age
Winemakers Note
Another beautiful vintage in a long line of wonderful Rieslings from Duke's Vineyard. From a cooler vintage but with all the power, drive and grace you have come to expect. The '22 is a many-layered blend of the depth of the older block with the complexity of the young block. Lovely fruit/acid balance. Very pale straw, flinty green hues; aromas of lime zest, Meyer lemon, lemon sherbet, hints of cucumber and green melon; palate of lemon and lime, hints of white citrus blossom, soft powdery textural acidity, long, mineral, elegant. One to age. 750ml.
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