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John Vickery (the ‘godfather of riesling ‘. creator of famous Leonay riesling & 50 plus year career 50 Trophys & 400 Gold Medals !! ) now in his 80 ‘s has come out of ‘retirement ‘ to create his own label & collaborate with Phil Lehmann (son of late Peter Lehmann one of Vickery ‘s best mates). Classic Watervale Riesling here with volumes of lime fruit flavor and floral notes to Riesling lovers should not miss out on this Clare Riesling of pedigree and class made in gorgeous flavoursome but delicate Vickery style. Love the price worth stocking up! Be quick stock is limited
Winsor Dobbin this is a wine of rare beauty and purity and the product of a great Clare vintage. A vivacious. floral nose leads on to a palate driven by fresh lime and grapefruit tinged acidity. tremendous length and flinty minerality. Vibrant. refreshing. delicious. You won ‘t do better at the price.
Chris Shanahan. SMH Good Wine Guide 96 points
A year after the death of Leo Buring in 1961. Lindemans bought his business and retained his winemaker. John Vickery. Lindemans promptly planted riesling in place of sherry varieties on Buring ‘s Florita Vineyard at Watervale. southern Clare Valley. And. in time for the 1963 vintage. they installed protective winemaking equipment in the winery. This set the stage for Vickery to emerge over the coming decades as Australia ‘s master riesling maker. Vickery retired some years ago. But in 2014 he collaborated with winemaker Phil Lehmann on this lovely Watervale riesling. It ‘s made in the flavoursome but delicate Vickery style intense lime like varietal aromas and flavours of great purity. with a clean. dazzling acid backbone and a bit of bite in the dry finish.
93 points Gary Walsh. The Wine Front Banana pie (as a young wine). white flowers. creamed honey and lemon/lime. Rich flavour. touch of sweetness. gentle chalkiness with fine minerally acidity and excellent length. Softer. more approachable style. No problem at all drinking it now. in fact. it ™s almost hard not to. Finish has a bit more of the lime and pith you ™d expect from a Clare Riesling. Finer bones will emerge with age. I ™m pretty sure. Absolutely delicious.
