2017 Spinifex Late Release Riesling McRae Wood Shiraz Eden Valley was once heavily

Eden Valley was once heavily forested with eucalypt

the tiny crop yielded wines of power and density

a wine of great restraint and elegance

and cherry

such as pineapple and mango

2017 Spinifex Late Release Riesling McRae Wood Shiraz Eden Valley was once heavilyThis is the first vintage of Spinifexs flagship Rostein Riesling, released after six years in bottle. Spinifexs two acre Rostein vineyard is home to two parcels of seriously old Riesling, one planted in 1945 and the other in 1957. These parcels produce minuscule yieldsa paltry 0. 8 tonnes per acre is the normresulting in wines of atypical power. The fruit comes predominantly from the 1945 parcelsome of Australias oldest Riesling vinesfacing east at