2013 Riesling Block 114, Spring Farm, Jim Barry, Clare Valley

2013 Riesling Block 114, Spring Farm, Jim Barry, Clare Valley

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From a parcel located on the southwest corner of Spring Farm, it is a block that always gives wines of tension, delicacy and focus. Now just over 10 years in age, it shows a little lime pickle, honey, and ginger yet with so much life and energy. Wonderfully complex and persistent on the palate, there is a salinity and crystalline focus here.

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96/100 info
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Case, 3 Bottles - 75cl
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£148.50

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Wine details

  • Region & country
    Clare Valley, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
  • Grape
    Riesling
  • Maturity
    Ready 2025 - 2040info
  • Colour
    White
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Bottle (75cl.)

Tasting notes

The 2013 Spring Farm Block 114 Riesling is sourced from vines planted in 1977, at an elevation of 453 meters above sea level. On the nose, the wine is toasty and spiced, like marmalade on cold buttered toast. In the mouth, the wine is complex and taut, with a flavor spectrum that covers exotic spice, roasted fruits, tatami/straw, cold tea and patisserie things. It is sensational, all focus and precision, with grace and effortlessness. What an incredible wine.

Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate (May 2024)
97—97/100

Released at a decade old. Supple, soft, succulent and lively. It's got a lot going for it. A very zesty, almost sparkling tang to acidity set under marzipan, truffle, brown lime and dried apple fruits. The perfume is similarly set – evocative, rich, and bright. While the wine feels ostensibly mellow, vigour comes from acidity, all briny and uplifting. The wine delivers great energy despite its mature characters, and overall, well, stellar in its drinking. Good stuff, Barry family.

Dave Brooks, Halliday’s Wine Companion (August 2023)
95—95/100

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