2003 and 2004 Dry
The second largest class with sixty eight wines and I tasted through sixty five of them. All wines are from 2004 unless otherwise mentioned.
Some good wines, but in general quite mediocre – can probably be put down to 2004 being an average year for Riesling in our two biggest quality areas, the Clare Valley and Eden Valley.
Babich “Marlborough” – 91/100
Ninth Island – 91/100
La Colline – 90/100
Goundrey “Homestead” – 90/100
Neagles Rock – 89/100
Goundrey “Reserve” – 89/100
Peter Lehmann “Eden Valley” – 89/100
Pipers Brook – 89/100
Skilogalee “Clare Valley” – 88/100
McGuigan “Earth Portrait” – 88/100
Leasingham “Bastion” – 88/100
Capel Vale “Whispering Hill” – 88/100
Annie’s Lane “Coppertrail” – 88/100
Bay of Fires – 88/100
Kamberra “Meeting Place” – 88/100
Elgo Estates – 88/100
John Gehrig “RG” – 88/100
Thorn-Clarke “Sandpiper” – 87/100
Wold Blass “Gold Label” – 87/100
Richmond Grove “Watervale” – 87/100
Neagles Rock “Frisky Filly” – 87/100
Spy Valley “Dry” – 87/100
Wolf Blass “Shadowood” – 87/100
Leasingham “Bin 7” – 87/100
Bass River – 87/100
Abbey Rock “Old School House” – 87/100
Trevor Jones “Reserve” – 87/100
Chrismont – 86/100
Kim Crawford “Anderson Bone Dry” – 86/100
Seppelt “Victorian” – 86/100
Mount Langi Ghiran – 86/100
Wallaroo Wines 2003 – 86/100
Tamburlaine – 86/100
Gilberts “Mt Barker” – 86/100
Dal Zotto Estate – 86/100
Cardinham 2003 – 86/100
Wirra Wirra “Hand Picked” – 86/100
Tamar Ridge – 86/100
Sandalford – 86/100
McWilliams “Regional Collection Eden” – 86/100
Cellarmaster “Storton Eden Valley” – 86/100
Capel Vale – 85/100
Barton Esate – 85/100
Hartz Barn “Eden Valley General Stores” – 85/100
Jacob’s Creek “Reserve” – 85/100
Delatite – 85/100
Brown Brothers “Milawa” – 85/100
Kim Crawford “Marlborough Dry” – 85/100
Amor Bendall – 85/100
Jim Barry “The Florita” – 84/100
Gladstone – 84/100
Mitchell “Watervale” – 84/100
Chatto Wines – 84/100
Taylors “Jaraman” – 84/100
Pettavel “Evening Star” – 84/100
Kirrihill “Reserve” – 84/100
Cardinham – 83/100
Leeuwin Estate “Art Series” – 83/100
Angoves “Select Clare Valley” – 83/100
Gibraltar Rock – 83/100
Te Whare Ra – 82/100
Nepenthe – 82/100
Taylors – 81/100
Oak House “Burings” – 79/100
Muddy Waters “Waipara” – 79/100