Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2009
Tyson Stelzer
Decanter (UK) April 2010
Valley Highs: Stelzer’s Pick of 2009
(20/20)
Pure as you’d expect from this famous vineyard, but with structured minerals that drive deeper than ever. Focused from start to finish and it lingers so long as to be eerie. An all-time great. 2016-2019
Nick Stock
Sumptuous Magazine Dec/Jan2010
South Australia’s Finest - The top 50 South Australian wines of 2009
One of the highlights of the 2009 Rieslings, Grosset’s Polish hill bottling has an impressive array of exotic citrus characters – pink grapefruit, lime juice and lemon gelato for starters. The slate is here too, and there’s a handy interplay between ripe fruit and scorching acidity that should keep us all captivated for many years to come.
Winsor Dobbin
Golf Magazine December 2009
No one does riesling better in Australia than Jeffrey Grosset, and this is his flagship-a stunningly intense, bone dry wine from the Clare Valley that has delicious citrus characters on the palate, marvellous minerality and crisp acid on the finish. Forget all you think you know about riesling. This is stunning.
Tyson Stelzer
Wine 100 December 2009
97 points - number 1in100
With this wine, Australia's most respected Riesling master has redefined his own benchmark. This phenomenal vintage is set to go down as one of the greats of all time. It has all of the focused lime and pure lemon blossom fruit that you would expect from this vineyard, but its structured minerality drives deeper than ever into the core of the wine, and its length propels it to the pinnacle of Australian Riesling. Without even a nuance of deviation in the palate line from start to finish, flavours linger for so long it’s almost eerie.
Andrew Jefford
Decanter (UK) December 2009
What Andrew's been drinking this month...
Jeffrey Grosset's Polish Hill...speckles with glinting lime, grapefruit and coriander, like tesserae in a mosaic, before pulling away on the back palate into big-picture harmony.
Gourmet Traveller Wine December / January 2010
Star Performers By The Tasting Panel
Grosset Polish Hill pressed the right buttons for Hooke. “Very intense, vibrant Kaffir lime aroma,” he wrote. “Tangy, crisp, fresh and focused, with richness underneath. Will hold in the long term.” I found the wine relatively reserved at this early age, but there’s intensity on the palate and good length. Ideally, it needs two or three years to come up in bottle. 93 points.
TOP 100 WINES
The Adelaide Advertiser Magazine, November 2009
95 points
Master of riesling Jeffrey Grosset continues to wow us with a wine of oceanic presence and beauty. More open than the usual Polish Hill style – flower garden acacia and linden scented blossoms, kaffir lime, quartz, powerful minerality and long persistence.
Huon Hooke
The Sydney Morning Herald - Good Living 22 September 2009
95 Points
A stunner that fully lives up to the exalted Grosset name. Lime leaves, fresh herbs, lemon and lime juice in the mouth. This is very intense, crisp and fresh on the palate, well focused and with great length. Impressive now and promises more in the future.
Drink now to 10 years plus.
Campbell Mattinson
The Wine Front 11 September 2009
96 Points
Grosset Polish Hill riesling at its best.
Extreme length. It's not as austere as a young wine as Polish Hill riesling sometimes is, but it has so much bite through the finish that I'm not worried about it in terms of 'developing to early'. Make no mistake, this is a smashing wine. Orange rind, lime, intense focus and a flourish to its tail.
Drink: 2013-2020
