Kilikanoon, Mort's Reserve Riesling, Clare Valley

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Tasted by: Roger Jones, Sarah Knowles MW, Anthony Rose
(at Decanter magazine's April 2018 issue Australian Riesling panel tasting, 18 Nov 2017)
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2021
Kilikanoon, in the hamlet of Penwortham, was founded in 1997 by winemaker Kevin Mitchell. Mort’s Reserve – only made in the finest vintages – is mainly from the Mort’s Block vineyard, named after Mitchell’s father who tended the vines there for more than 40 years. It is also blended with fruit from the higher-altitude Khileyre vineyard. Roger Jones: Great aromatic purity of wild flowers, minerality and wet stones. A voluptuous texture in the mouth, where citrus and white stone fruit shine. Evolving beautifully; savoury and sweetness in tandem. A star! Sarah Knowles MW: Grapefruit and lime peel on nose and palate, then lanolin and gun smoke on the finish. Complete and complex, retaining youthful fruit. Anthony Rose: Attractive, smoky sweet pepper nose – a nicely evolved, classic style, with a charming texture, balance and a beautiful bone-dry finish.
Kilikanoon, Mort's Reserve, Watervale 2011
Producer
Kilikanoon
Brand
Mort's Reserve Riesling
Vintage
2011
Wine Type
Still
Colour
White
Country
Australia
Region
South Australia
Appellation
Clare Valley
Sweetness
Dry
Closure
Screwcap/Stelvin
Alcohol
12.50%
Body
Light
Oak
Unoaked
Grapes
Riesling