2023 Frankland Estate Smith Cullam Riesling

Producer: Frankland Estate  |  Region: Great Southern  |  Grape: Riesling

About The Wine

The nose is delicate, poised and precise, with scents of meadow flowers, peach blossom, lemon zest, crushed chalk and bath salts.

The slightest hint of sweetness opens up a satin textured palate, which drives straight and long with ripe, juicy acidity.

The soaring finish is dry, mineral-clean and beautifully balanced, resonating with floral, herbal and woodsy echoes and chalky grip.

This is a wine of exceptional elegance where fruit intensity, natural acidity and well-judged residual sugar (it has about 20g/L) give tension and harmony reminiscent of our favourite German Rieslings.

It has substance and a sense of mature complexity even in youth, all the while retaining an effortlessness and salivating moreishness.

Only a tiny quantity, 110 dozen is made in exceptional vintages from our oldest Geisenheim clone Riesling vines.

Review

"An off-dry style, and a portion is usually aged on lees in old oak and the rest in stainless-steel tank. This is lovely. Full of mandarin juice and peel, makrut lime and the creamiest nougat lees flavour – divine. It’s delicate, stylish and so appealing. Most importantly, the acidity brings everything in alignment, so the sweetness just fleshes out and rounds out the palate"

96 Points, Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion

About Frankland Estate

Nestled in one of the most isolated wine regions in Western Australia, it was only appropriate for husband-and-wife Barrie Smith and Judi Cullam to name their vineyard Isolation Ridge when they founded it in 1988. Now in the very capable hands of siblings Hunter and Elizabeth Smith, whom have converted the vineyard to fully organic since 2009.  This shows through each and every wine they produce.

Snapshot

Region: Frankland River, WA

Country: Australia

Vintage: 2025

Alcohol: 12.5%

Size: 750ml

Closure: Screw Cap

Variety: Riesling