Jim Barry / The Florita Riesling 2017
Using only 40% of the finest fruit juice, this Riesling has a pure, concentrated, beautiful citrus flavor. The taste is a piercing lemon sorbet with a hint of papaya. The fresh, juicy finish makes it worthy of aging. This is a wonderful Riesling with a rich flavor.
Region: South Australia
Origin: Clare Valley
Variety: 100% Riesling
Winemaking: To preserve the freshness of the grapes, they are carefully harvested in quantities to precisely fill the press, chilled overnight, then destemmed and pressed without crushing.
This micro batch super premium Riesling is the fruit of all those years of patience. individual rows where the terra rossa and loam barely cover the deep limestone below are selected. To guarantee the freshness of these precious grapes, we carefully picked batches to precisely fill our membrane press in the chill of night, and destemmed the bunches without crushing them. Only the finest 40% of the juice was used in this pristine, intense, beautifully citric Riesling. The Florita is pale straw with green tints and super steely aromas with dried lime and floral notes. It has complex undertones of wet slate, pink grapefruit, tangerine and lychee. It is extremely long on the palate with piercing lemon sorbet, paw, paw and frangipani flavors and a fresh juicy Finish.
Varietal: 100% Riesling