Radford Eden Valley Riesling 2008

Intoxicating aromas of wild flowers, citrus, limes. Intense steely backbone (made with some wild yeasts and lees contact) with a long and dry finish. All estate grown fruit from their 70 and 40 yr old vineyard.

This winery makes the best Eden Valley riesling to have ever passed my lips. Incredible stuff! 94 points Halliday.

Another critic, Winsor Dobbins agrees..."There are some pretty terrific 08 rieslings in the marketplace but this would have to rank with the top half dozen; steely and intense with lemon and lime aromas and flavours and some really tight minerally acidity. This wine suffered from what I call "an evaporation poblem". The bottle was very soon empty. Brilliant!"

RRP: $ 26.00

Ben Radford, current winemaker at Rockford, has spent close to a decade making wine in South Africa, Burgundy and Canada. Ben and his wife Gill have the oldest riesling vineyard in beautiful Eden Valley planted in 1930. Ben & Gill are making spectacular wines in miniscule quantities...5 star rating from Halliday and listed as one of the 10 best new wineries. Their riesling and shiraz are a must - a balance of intensity and delicacy. Do not miss out!

Price: $22.99