Mesh Classic Release Riesling 2017

The ‘always’ quality of the 2024 Pewsey Vale Riesling, a better Mesh + more

Last week, it was the gold medal-winning Aldi Riesling uber-bargain. This week, another absolute stalwart of the Riesling firmament in seriously good form.

It’s a good time to be drinking Riesling. Maybe not a golden era, but consistently, this is a grape that can deliver deliciousness, interest, delicacy, intensity, the whole rainbow of positive descriptors more often.

So, in evidence, here are a few hits and winners of the Clare & Eden Valley Riesling variety pulled out of the giant Australian Wine and Drinks Review tasting pile (the piles of wine boxes are now large enough to be counted as furniture). I’ve looped in a few aromatic and textural whites of interest too.

Let’s dive in:

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Andrew Graham was once voted the 23rd most trusted wine critic on the planet. A WCA Journalism Young Gun now old hack with 25yrs as a buyer, judge, journalist, marketer and too much more.