Description
Award winning Frankland Estate is located in Frankland River, the coolest and most isolated wine-growing region in Western Australia. Warm days, cool nights (maritime influenced by the proximity to the Great Southern Ocean – means milder summers and winters) optimum ripening conditions, sustainable organic practices and a pristine pollution free environment are all contributing factors to the fine wines it produces.
Planted in 1988 the small 3 hectare Poison Hill vineyard lies just on the northern edge of the Frankland River town site. The vineyard name resulted from it being located on a hill where the Heartleaf Bush, poisonous to all but indigenous animals, is found. Poison Hill has unique white clay and weathered quartz soils that are reflected in a complex, alluringly perfumed, silky textured wine. Like all vineyards in the Frankland River region it benefits from the cool nights and long, slow ripening period prior to harvest that promote maximum flavour development while maintaining the distinctive vibrant acidity for which rieslings from this region are renowned.
Grapes are whole bunch pressed immediately on arrival at the winery with the juice left to settle in tank over night before being racked to fermentation vessel. The wine was then fermented in tank at low temperatures (less than 15°C) over 8 weeks with minimal intervention from our winemakers in order to obtain the purest expression of the pristine fruit from the Poison Hill vineyard.
About the 2020 vintage from the winemaker: The 2019 winter was one of the driest on record and bud burst was early with some good canopy growth. The dry season continued right through the growing season with very little rain. The dry conditions resulted in one of the earliest vintages for Riesling ever but the cold nights and dry kept natural acidity levels high matching well to the generous fruit from the small berries.
Lovely straw hue, bath salts, citrus blossom with an underlying touch of mandarine and lime sorbet. A wine of many layers. Soft and enticing upfront, round and rich in the mid palate and a saline acid profile that adds a perfect balance. A pithy textural weight adds a layer of complexity with juicy limes bringing a long finish. An intensity of flavours, classic of the Poison Hill vineyard gives a wine of real authenticity and longevity highlighted by a chalky textural element to the wine. Seamless texture with beautifully integrated acidity gives the wine some lovely mouth-watering minerality, the flavours are focused and persistent, with beautiful fruit generosity and a lovely pithy textural component the wine has lovely balance that builds richness along the palate.”
95 points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front “Strong lime and citrus blossom aromas, very pure, quite foggy but perfumed approach. Succulent and delicious, straight up. Lime juice, green apple, a lick of barely there grapefruit pithy here. Tangerine to finish. And minerally. Strong minerally finish, indeed. Tickles with its detail, filigree and stippled texture at once. Magic wine.”
Our Price $44.99 … last bottles!
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