96 Points - Tony Love | RRP $29
Made by highly lauded winemaker Tim Knappstein, the Riposte wines have been in super recent form, consistently delivering approachable and flavoursome examples of the hero varietals of the Adelaide Hills region.
The 2023 Riposte 'The Cutlass' Shiraz is a single-vineyard Adelaide Hills Shiraz crafted from grapes grown at a vineyard located at Woodside. Opening with classic Adelaide Hills perfumed aromatics with a touch of pepper and spice, the elegant yet generous palate offers plenty of raspberry, blue fruits, plum and milk chocolate notes. A beautifully structured cool-climate Shiraz with a silky mouthfeel and mouth-watering acidity, this is sensational value at this discounted price.
"96 Points. Shiraz can be expressed in so many ways depending on all its elements of source, site, regional and specific climatic influences, of vintage weather variations, and of course winemaking techniques. In other words, it’s not all one and the same. This has a definite cool climate, colder season stamp, with a wonderful, bright-eyed character, aromatics of summer berry pudding, crushed grape flesh, and dark mint. An exuberance as well: perhaps whole cluster and whole berry components. A tasting sensation that lifts upwards rather than buries the fruit under timber, earth and heavy spice. A swirl of crimson and black cherry and berry with gossamer tannins. A joyous wine to taste then drink again - its natural purity is all that’s needed."- Tony Love, WinePilot.com
"This is a very attractive wine. It flashes herb and spice notes at you, has a good run of fleshy cherry-plum fruit, and carries enough saucy oak to give it a plushness. For all this it remains easy-going and just plain - deliciously - drinkable. This is a lovely Adelaide Hills shiraz from the folks at Riposte. 92 points. $29, 14% alcohol, screwcap, Adelaide Hills."- Campbell Mattinson, campbellmattinson.com.
