2022 The Story Whitlands Riesling

This is a lovely cool-climate Riesling from Rory Lane. He's been making it now for a number of years and has his approach to this fruit pretty well dialed in.

It's barrel fermented in a large foudre than finished with a smidgen of residual sugar, both the hint of sugar and the oak lending a little more texture and weight to the fragile, high-tensile fruit that this Whitlands vineyard produces.

A delightful wine kept perfectly in balance and a great place to start if looking to slightly sweeter/more textural styles of Australian Riesling.

94 points
"This is a gorgeous style of wine. It offers lemon, kaffir lime and chalk notes with the most delicious burst of flavour-carrying acidity through the finish."
- Campbell Mattinson (Halliday Wine Companion)