Grosset Polish Hill 2022

Grosset Wines was founded by Jeffrey Grosset in 1981 in the township of Auburn, in the Clare Valley of South Australia, and the Polish Hill Riesling is its most celebrated bottling. The Polish Hill River subregion is defined by thin, hard soils over slate and shale, which restrict vine vigour and yield small, concentrated berries. The Clare's warm days and cold nights give a wide diurnal range that preserves the grape's high natural acidity through ripening. The fruit is farmed biodynamically and the wine is fermented in stainless steel at cool temperatures with no oak and no malolactic conversion, choices that lock in primary citrus fruit and the site's flinty character rather than softening it. The absence of malolactic keeps the sharp malic acidity intact, which is what gives young Clare Riesling its cut and its capacity to age for a decade or more. In the glass it is pale and green-tinged, with lime, grapefruit and white flowers on the nose and a faint waxy note. The palate is bone dry, tightly wound and mineral, finishing long and slaty. Serve at 8 to 10 degrees, and give a young example time to open. It is a natural match for shellfish and delicate white fish.