Karra Yerta Riesling 2009 (Eden Valley, SA)
$25, Screwcap, 13%
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I’m getting to this a bit late, with two renowned tasters, Gary Walsh & Julian Coldrey, having already announced the quality of this wine during the week. Suffice to say, I am going to merely add to the chorus and say that this is a very impressive dry Riesling, and perhaps the best yet under the Karra Yerta label.
What’s most impressive here is the acidity, with the whole wine driven to greatness by its startling acid backbone (witness the pH and TA levels – 2.82! and 7.85g/ltr). In the case of this Karra Yerta Riesling, the blinding citrussy acid structure makes for a wine of serious impact, which, when coupled with grapefruit, lemon and apple Martini regional Riesling fruit characters, makes for a pure and simply beautiful Riesling in the intensely dry Eden Valley style.
Winning wine for drinking over the medium term +. 18.8
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2 Comments
Thank you Andrew; we're really pleased that everyone is enjoying this wine. Our sales figures have certainly taken off in the past few weeks which is terrific as it's not easy being a tiny fish in such large oceans:)
Andrew, just letting you know that we won a Bronze Medal at the 2009 Canberra International Riesling Challenge last week for this wine also:)