2025 Limefinger The Solace Polish Hill River Riesling

The Solace Polish Hill River Riesling is a powerhouse of a wine, with acid aplenty and a sumptuous texture that demonstrates why this subregion is so special.

Sourced from vines planted in 1994 on Neil Pike's own Home Block vineyard (yes, planted around his house!), the east-west orientation ensures the grapes attain full ripeness through almost constant exposure to the sun during the day. The soil of red loam, red/blue slate and yellow clay - which is quite typical of Polish Hill - imparts wonderful minerality.

While often a bit shy on the nose when young, this Riesling develops pure and bright aromas of stone fruit, citrus and spice in the glass, and it can age comfortably for 10 years.

97 points
"Down on volume but the quality remains sky high, this is brilliance in a bottle."
- Qwine Review

96 points
"A delicate wine, nervous and agile and hugely mouth-watering. Perhaps best drunk with youth on its side; a stellar riesling emerges from the glass right now."
- Mike Bennie (Halliday Wine Companion)

95 points
"Such a refreshing and interesting expression of Riesling."
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)