2012 Trevarrick Riesling, Skillogalee
Clare Valley, Australia
“Trevarrick” was the original name of the property when it was first settled by John and Anne Trestrail in the 1850s. More than a century later, in 1970 this magnificent piece of land was planted to vines and Skillogalee was born. With each individual contour block on the estate harvested and vinified individually, the Trevarrick name is reserved for those contours which exhibit exceptional quality and varietal character.
The grapes for this wine were selectively harvested from the highest altitude, earliest ripening contour on the property at around 500m. The stony, thin soils and topography of this part of the vineyard produce unique, high-quality grapes bursting with varietal character.
Whats in the bottle
100% Riesling
Notable Awards
Matthew Jukes Best 100 Australian Wines 2016/17
“Trevarrick is a limited release wine which is so serious and all-consuming that I do not hesitate for a moment in declaring it is one the the world’s most arresting dry Rieslings. That the price manages to keep its feet on the ground is so wonderous that I want to give the Palmer family a team hug every single day. The power and intensity of this majestic wine is considerable. The minerality, coming as it does from individual contour blocks or seams of vines planted on mean, stony Dolomite soils, is incredible. At 500m these blocks are picked first and the flavours are pristine, crystalline and piercing. I looked at a 2010 vintage the other day and it was starting to soften and fill out and it obliterated two (absolutely tiptop) Alsatian Rieslings with its personality and class.