Stargazer Riesling 2026
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This wine includes fruit from all three blocks of Riesling at Samantha's own Palisander Vineyard in the Tea Tree subregion of Coal River Valley, twenty minutes north-east of Hobart. Planted in 2004, 2017 and 2021, the clones are GM239 and GM198, with the older vine material sourced from Moorilla. The remaining fruit is from a vineyard in the Richmond area of Coal River Valley, planted in 2017 to clone GM239. Both vineyards are
primarily brown dermosol on Jurassic dolerite, cane pruned and trained to a vertical shoot positioned canopy, with green harvesting and shoot thinning in spring and summer where necessary.
Harvested at a sugar range between 11.8 and 12.2 Bé, all picks were destemmed and a portion (30%) left in contact with skins for about sixteen hours prior to gentle pressing. 100% wild fermented (by indigenous yeasts) in stainless steel over seven weeks, then left on lees prior to blending.
"Very pale yellow in colour with green hints, the nose is floral and lifted, showing waxy white flowers; gardenias and jasmine. In the background pink grapefruit and kaffir lime spiciness. The acid provides structure, drive and backbone to the palate, while the tangy exit is balanced with a judicious touch of residual sugar."
–Samantha Connew
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