Grosset Springvale Riesling 2009
Tyson Stelzer
Decanter (UK) April 2010
Valley Highs: Stelzer’s Pick of 2009
(18.5)
A blizzard of lemon blossom, Granny Smith apples and lime. Pristine, tightly coiled and long-lived. Edging ever closer to Polish Hill. 2015-2021
Sarah Ahmed
The Wine Detective (UK) www.thewinedetective.co.uk 1 February 2010
February’s Wines of the Month
– in 2008, Grosset’s tightly coiled Polish Hill Riesling from “hard rock” slate soils won me over hook line and sinker but, this year, it’s the pretty but precise Springvale from Watervale’s limestone and rich red soils that wins my heart. Lifted, floral and shimmering with bright, jewel-like citrus fruit, it’s clear as a bell, with lovely lemony line and length. A beauty.
BMW Magazine 2.2009
By Adrian Read
Let’s celebrate
It’s not just the feast of food your guests will remember this festive season - impress with careful wine selections to match.
Jeff Grosset is our foremost riesling maker. His wines have a crystalline purity that no one else quite matches. This is technically his number two wine, but some prefer it to his flagship Polish Hill Riesling. Both are grown in South Australia’s Clare Valley, the place where most of Australia’s best rieslings originate. This wine will get your tastebuds alert and eager for food and go beautifully with shellfish or other seafood.
Tyson Stelzer
Wine 100 December 2009 & WBM Dec/Jan 2010
95 points
The long, cool growing season afforded Jeffrey Grosset the luxury of picking this wine slightly earlier than usual, a decision that he describes as 'controversial'. The finished wine dispels any uncertainty: this is a pristine, beautifully poised, green apple and lime accented Riesling with great minerality.
Winsor Dobbin
OUTthere The Inflight magazine of Rex Airlines, Skywest and AirNorth December 2009
Affordable Luxury
Jeffrey Grosset is Australia’s master Riesling maker and this is a really lovely wine with intense citrus notes on the nose and palate and wonderful purity and minerality. It is tight and steely with great acid on the finish and has superb structure. Pair with a seafood platter.
James Halliday
The Weekend Australian Magazine November 14-15 2009
JAMES HALLIDAY'S TOP 100
Rated 96 points
Jeffrey Grosset is known around the globe as a past master when it comes to riesling. That this is the 29th vintage comes as no surprise. Fragrant lime, herb and spice aromas lead into an incisive and tightly focused palate, with delicious lime and green apple fruit coursing through to the finish.
Philip White
The Independent Weekly November 20-26 2009
THIRST
This might well be the best Grosset riesling for some years; it has the classic Watervale form of stern chalky phenolics and a rapier of steely acidity without too much simple lime or lemon, but just the right amount. So it's elegant as well as forceful....
Winewise
www.winewise.net.au October 2009
Riesling
Highly Recommended = A very fine wine which is a faultless example of the style
Limey with a hint of perfumed soap character. The palate is intense and shows excellent acidity. Linear.
Campbell Mattinson
The Wine Front www.winefront.com.au September 11 2009 · Posted in Clare Valley, riesling
Rated: 94 Points
There’s a strength to this Grosset Springvale Riesling that is compelling. The strength comes from the wine’s length. Though you could argue that it’s a textural thing too. Of course the flavours are along lime juice and slate lines, with gentle notes of apple blossoms too. But the flavours aren’t the thing. It’s the drive and the thrust and the mouthfeel that makes you want to keep putting it in your mouth, over and over.
Jeff Collerson
The Daily Telegraph Best Weekend Magazine September 5-11 2009
WHITE
Jeffrey Grosset’s Polish Hill is most enthusiasts’ favourite but I prefer this gentle, chalky tipple. The nose is restrained but that will change with age. The palate is lovely, pulpy lime with a finely tuned texture of mineral character. There’s tense acidity with great length.
Tyson Stelzer
http://www.wineaway.com.au/app/shop_detail.php?id=001034 September 2009
95 points
This is a beautifully poised Springvale; an extremely fine vintage that will be very long-lived. The bouquet dances with fresh lemon blossom, green apple and lime aromas. The palate is equally pristine, very fine and tightly structured with great minerality.
Tim White
Australian Financial Review 22-23 August 2009
WHAT TO DRINK
Some pear and banana, but also deep, searing lime: a touch of blue cheese (all good). Seriously deep. Plenty on the palate: the essence of Clare riesling. Will build in bottle and very young. 94(96)/100 (10/10 enjoyment in seven or so years).
