2024 Crawford River 'Strata' Riesling

About The Wine

Intense, white florals and powdery, musk perfume.  Fresh, white peach.  Chalky texture underpinned by a long line of innate acidity and inherent minerality.  Through the line of salivating acidy, there is softness and a supple roundness that makes this wine utterly delicious drinking.

In The Winery

Both crushed and whole clusters were pressed directly to stainless steel tanks for a natural settle of sediment. Following settle, a combination of spontaneous fermentation and commercial yeast were used to ferment in steel tanks. The wine spent around 8 weeks on lees prior to racking and sulphur addition. No fining agent was used. A further period on fine lees of more than a month, occurred prior to blending and filtration. Bottled September 2024.

In The Vineyard

This wine derives from a block planted in 2000/1 at the western edge of the original plantings. While the very top of this block tends to the ironstone-rich, gravelly ridge, most of the block shows a prevalence toward a rich, loam soil over its limestone base. These factors, coupled with a multitude of influences, micro-climactic and otherwise, yield an expression quite different to our original blocks. The wines originating from our loam dominant soils tend to be more open, generous and expressive, particularly as younger wines.

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About Crawford River

Family owned and operated since the 1970s. The Thomson family helped put the then obscure wine region of Henty into the social consciousness. Now in the second generation of Thomson’s continue to produce beautiful wines that are expressive of the Henty region.

Region: Henty, VIC

Country: Australia

Alcohol: 13.5%

Vintage: 2024

Size: 750ml

Closure: Screw Cap

Varieties: Riesling