An initial nose of cereal and oats, the 2021 Reserve Riesling showcases grapefruit, peach, and an almost cotton candy or rhubarb sweetness. Handpicked from young vines at Sheldrak Point Vineyard, this lot was the finest Riesling we received all year and was set aside given the high quality potential.
This wine is explosively aromatic out of the glass with almost Sauvignon Blanc- like character, grapefruit, gooseberry, and a slightly herbal tinge. A fascinating wine with a long life ahead of it.
The 2021 Treleaven Dry Riesling has a nose of limes, orange peel, and not-quite-ripe peach that gives way to a surprising palate that is textural and full bodied, it almost envelopes your mouth, before returning to a key lime pie finish that sits with you as you finish the glass.
The 2021 Semi-Dry Riesling has hints of yeast and reduction in the nose, limes are present but savory notes dominate. The palate has a wonderful balance of texture, weight and sugar that are intertwined so tightly it is hard to nail down a single component to compliment. This wine is neither sweet nor dry, light or heavy, powerful or delicate but dances between all of them with beguiling charm.
If Shel Silverstein and Dr. Seuss made a Riesling it would be the Wobbly Rock. The 2021 Wobbly Rock Riesling is feather light, and shoots across the palate like an arrow. There is a snappy combination of acid and sugar that make this immediately refreshing and thirst quenching, practically a summer’s day in the bottle with peaches, lime blossom and a green tea note.
