Shy Susan Riesling 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Shy Susan Riesling 2024.

Shy Susan Riesling 2024
$40, 13% alcohol, screwcap, King Valley.

This riesling was barrel fermented with a smidgen of residual sugar retained. The end result is excellent. It tastes of lemonade, lime blossom, slate, mandarin and tonic with a keen floral element pushing through as the wine breathes. Texture is key here. So too softness. It has good intensity of flavour but the mouthfeel is the thing. And the length. And the elegance. In short this riesling is lovely all-around. 93 points.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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