Weaver Single Vineyard Riesling 2020

"This is the business of one-time Hardys chief winemaker Geoff Weaver. This Lenswood vineyard was established between 1982 and ?88, and invariably produces immaculate Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc, a long-lived Chardonnays. The beauty of the labels ranks supreme." James Halliday - Wine Companion

Miraculously, these vines survived the disastrous December 2019 bushfire that destroyed Geoff Weaver’s sheds and equipment at his revered Lenswood vineyard. Working a new way with the riesling in this vintage, the wine was fermented and spent 7 months in old barrels with lees contact, leaving a delicate 5g/L RS in the final wine. The barrel characters offer some cream and spice to the apple and custard apple flavours; the sugars are benign yet textural and in context. Tony Love.  Wine Companion