Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2024

Product Information:

In the Top 50 Australia's Most Collected Wines - Wine Ark, Grosset's Polish Hill Riesling was the No.1 most collected Riesling. As well as huge, acclaim from reputed wine writers - Tyson Stelzer says its 'one of the finest Australian rieslings conjured yet' awarding 98 points, Campbell Mattinson and Mike Bennie score it 97 each, the former puts it this way 'the longer I sit and taste this wine the more I think that this is a Grosset riesling for the ages.' What more reason do you need to secure some 2024 Grosset Polish Hill Riesling? 

The wine opens with dainty white lily, granny smith apple and lemon blossom. This mirrors the palate rising to a dramatic crescendo over a powerful core of talcum powder structure, crystalline acidity and slate texture. The finish carries on for 60 seconds, ethereal yet resolute. So much potential. Don't miss your chance to grab a Riesling for the ages. 

Maker:
Grosset Wines stands as an independent winery, committed to crafting seven exceptional premium wines in each vintage. By staying small and focused, Grosset has successfully maintained the unique character and individuality of their wines, earning a well-deserved reputation on the international stage. These wines have consistently been recognized as outstanding, setting the standard for their respective categories. For over three decades, Grosset Wines has remained true to its philosophy. Their unwavering emphasis is on the purity of fruit, ensuring that each sip delivers a genuine and unadulterated experience. The estate vineyards, certified organic by the ACO, are meticulously tended by hand, and the grapes are carefully harvested at their peak ripeness. The winemaking process is a delicate and straightforward one, allowing the true essence of the grapes to shine through. Through dedication, discipline and the application of knowledge accumulated over many years, Grosset Wines has achieved the pinnacle of excellence. Each bottle represents the finest expression of its variety and the unique terroir from which it originates..

Vineyard:

Grosset Polish Hill Riesling is produced from our eight-hectare estate-owned A-Grade Certified Organic and Biodynamic (ACO) vineyard in the Clare Valley. The gently sloping site, selected and planted by Grosset in 1996, is comprised of silt and shallow shales over a thin crust of clay and gravel. This overlays a bed of blue slate, estimated to be around 500-million-years old. This is a ‘hard rock’ site. The vines struggle to draw nutrients from the soil, so the bunches and berries are small, and the fruit flavours lingering. Indeed, this vineyard exemplifies how old-rock profiles can contribute to a wine’s character. It is indeed an extreme example.

Jeffrey Grosset describes the fruitful challenges of the site, ‘a major challenge of this site is the variability in vigour from one vine to the next. This demands more intense labour input and hand-tending skill – varied to suit each vine – to achieve balanced vine growth and even fruit ripening.’ The solution is relatively close-planted vines, using three clones of riesling (two German and one rare local clone). This limits yield, while increasing quality of fruit, producing an average of just two bottles of wine per vine.

Nose - Lily, Granny Smith Apple, Lemon Blossom
Immediate appeal in abundant jasmine floral lift, green apple fruitiness, soft lime elements, ginger cake, blackcurrant touches and a wellspring of saline minerality.

Palate - Brine, Juicy Lime Core, Wet Slate
Lime, chalk, white flower and wet slate flavours storm through the palate in emphatic fashion.

Finish - Talc Powder, Chew & Pucker, Potpourri
The citrus fruits gather speed over a grounding of crushed rocks and minerals, while the finish culminates in a sandstorm of flavour and texture. This is an excellent wine. It is fleshy and powerful, tightly coiled and salty.

Thanks to a cool season and biodynamic farming, Jeff Grosset proclaims 2024 as the most pristine fruit he has seen since he first planted in the Clare Valley in the early 1980s. By jove! Polish Hill 2024 is as desperately gorgeous as any of the highlights of (Grosset's) lauded career. Dainty white lily, granny smith apple and lemon blossom of pinpoint perfection rise in a dramatic crescendo over a powerful core of talcum powder structure, crystalline acidity and ancient slate texture, tracing a finish unrelenting for a full sixty seconds. It is at once lighter than air and yet possessing a resolute determination that sets a future in the cellar as enduring as the career of its maker. The essence of the Clare, time will most certainly reveal this to be one of the greatest in Grosset's 44 vintage history, and one of the finest Australian rieslings conjured yet. Drink 2024-2064 - Tyson Stelzer, 98 Points.

Exceptional concentration of fruit flavour here. This is straight and direct but wow it has a charge to it. Lime, chalk, white flower and wet slate flavours storm through the palate in emphatic fashion. There’s an extra note to the finish that I can’t quite place but I’ll call it brine splashed on potpourri splashed on rocks. The longer I sit and taste this wine the more I think that this is a Grosset riesling for the ages. - Campbell Mattinson, 97 Points.

This needs no introduction; safe to say, this is one of the most delicious young releases of this wine. Immediate appeal in abundant jasmine floral lift, green apple fruitiness, soft lime elements, ginger cake, blackcurrant touches and a wellspring of saline minerality. There's a juiciness, though strict ribbons of pulverised pumice and granitic mineral character find chew and pucker here, too. In all that, the intensity is somewhat dialled down while drinkability is through the roof. No matter, the character shifts each year in degree; it's a stellar wine, full of inimitable character and a finesse that Grosset does so well. - Mike Bennie, Halliday Wine Companion, 97 Points.

This is a benchmark in Australian Riesling and widely loved by collectors. The wine ages gracefully and slowly; the latent power that is stowed away on release is revealed in time, making this one of the greats in Australia. So here, the 2024 Polish Hill Riesling is thunderous and rolling in its intensity and energy. The citrus fruits gather speed over a grounding of crushed rocks and minerals, while the finish culminates in a sandstorm of flavor and texture. This is an excellent wine. It is fleshy and powerful, tightly coiled and salty. It's so good. - Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate, 97 Points.