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

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been a respected wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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