2012-RIESLING-Watervale-Riesling-Clos-Clare

RIESLING

2012 Watervale Riesling Clos Clare

Grapes Riesling
Colour White
Origin Australia, South Australia
District Clare Valley
ABV 12.5%

Nerve-tingling Watervale Riesling from one of the Clare Valley’s most historic vineyards. The story behind clos Clare is fast becoming a legendary tale and has earned a place in the Clare Valley’s winemaking history. This tiny, 5 acre vineyard was originally part of the celebrated Florita vineyard in the Clare Valley sub-region of Watervale, famed for producing outstanding dry Riesling. In 1986 Mark, Peter and John Barry (sons of the revered winemaker Jim Barry) purchased the whole Florita vineyard from Leo Buring and sold off the small corner of the vineyard including its European style homestead, Warilto (the cellar door today) to a local artist, Ian Sanders, to help fund the purchase of the Florita vineyard and clos Clare was born. Today’s label is an original design by Ian Sanders. Ian Sanders turned to Jeff Grosset and Tim Knappstein to look after the winemaking until he sold the property to Noel Kelly in 1996. Kelly continued working with Grosset and subsequently O’Leary Walker. By this stage, the vineyard had forged a reputation for producing one of Australia’s finest Riesling. In 2007, Peter and Sue Barry purchased clos Clare, and it is run by their sons Tom and Sam Barry. The Barry family have been in the Clare Valley for three generations, Tom and Sam are the grandsons of Jim Barry, a pioneer of Clare Valley winemaking and founder of Jim Barry Wines. L&S (Jun 2014)


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Dry, powerful, dense and textured, this wine quietly unfurls in the mouth, revealing a core of lime fruit and apple blossom. Juicy and approachable. Drink: 2014-2020 Rating: 18/20 Decanter Magazine (Jun 2014)

Clos Clare

The story behind clos Clare is fast becoming a legendary tale and has earned a place in the Clare Valley’s winemaking history. This tiny, 5 acre vineyard was originally part of the celebrated Florita vineyard in the Clare Valley sub-region of Watervale, famed for producing outstanding dry Riesling. In 2007, Peter and Sue Barry purchased clos Clare, and it is run by their sons Tom and Sam Barry. The Barry family have been in the Clare Valley for three generations, Tom and Sam are the grandsons of Jim Barry, a pioneer of Clare Valley winemaking and founder of Jim Barry Wines. The site itself is 70 years old, though the Riesling vines were replanted 30 years ago and it is a mixture of limestone over deep, rich, red clay (terra rossa) with some slate deposits in the centre of the vineyard. After hand-picking the fruit is taken to John and Daniel Wilson’s Polish Hill River winery, The Wilson Vineyard. Clos Clare also produces small volumes of a Watervale Shiraz and a Grenache.

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