Grosset Alea Clare Valley Riesling

Country: Australia  Region: South Australia  Vintage: 2023

Category: White Wine  Color:  White

Producer: Grosset

For the last forty years the Grosset ‘Springvale’ and ‘Polish Hill’ Rieslings have shown a consistent style and quality that have earned Jeffrey Grosset an unrivalled reputation. Through meticulous vineyard management and decades of experience, Jeffrey’s wines keep getting better. In the words of Campbell Mattinson in the Halliday Wine Companion, "Grosset has been a star producer for all the time I’ve been in wine, but right now its wines are as good or better than they’ve ever been"

Jeffrey’s love of Riesling began at 15 when his father came home with a bottle to share with the family. This bottle was enough to inspire a young Jeffrey to enrol in the local agricultural college and complete qualifications in both Agriculture and Oenology by the age of 21. After honing his craft in Australia and Germany, he bought an old milk depot in the Clare Valley town of Auburn, founding his eponymous winery in 1981. Since then, this old milk depot has been transformed into one of Australia’s finest wineries.

The 'Alea' Riesling is bright and expressive with pronounced aromatics. Notes of preserved lemon dominate the nose. On the palate the wine is complex and perfectly balanced. It has freshness, mid-palate intensity and a strong finish with lime juice at the core.