Elderton - Eden Valley - Riesling | Australian White Wine

The winter leading into the 2021 vintage, whilst not back to long term average levels of rainfall, certainly delivered higher rainfall than the winter prior. This created ideal conditions for our young Riesling vines to experience a decent fruit set and return to more normal yields, with a greater canopy to support. Aside from a short heat spike in early February, the season progressed steadily with mild daytime temperatures coupled with the cooler nights typical of Eden Valley. Nevertheless, these milder conditions did allow us to keep the fruit on the vine, in turn developing a lovely richness to balance the very bright natural acidity we achieve from this vineyard. We used netting in the lower section of the vineyard which is planted to a clone which typically throws more floral notes, which one observes in this wine. Whilst deterring the local bird life, this netting also provided some sun protection for any exposed fruit in this patch. We harvested on 20 March, interestingly, a full 3 weeks later than in 2020. Our 2021 Riesling is a true example of the variety, with a sense of place and a real typicity of our Eden Valley vineyard in an exceptional year. - Jules Ashmead & Brock Harrison