97 Points - Philip Rich
Seppelt Drumborg Riesling is widely rated amongst the finest Australian Rieslings. Located 30 kilometres north-west of Portland, Victoria, the Drumborg vineyard is one of the coolest vineyards of mainland Australia.
The 2024 Seppelt Drumborg Riesling is another top-line example of Drumborg's ability to produce flavoursome, elegant, yet an intensely focused style of Riesling. A legendary Riesling with a big following, our limited remaining stocks will go fast.
"97 Points. 2024 is officially the 60th anniversary of the planting of Drumborg vineyard. A truly wonderful milestone! A terrific wine, too, opening with focused aromas of lemon sherbet, pink grapefruit, makrut lime and orange blossom. The palate is just as focused and pure fruited, with the wine's 3.6g/L residual sugar perfectly balanced by its mouth-watering acidity. Have this with food now, but make sure you still have a bottle or two a decade, or longer, from now. $40. 11.5% alc. Drink: 2024 - 2032. Screwcap"- Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion.
"96 Points. What a fitting, beautifully aromatic wine to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the planting of the Drumborg vineyard! The decision to plant Riesling in the ultra-cool Drumborg district all those decades ago was truly ahead of its time and has been rewarded year after year with a wine that celebrates the heady, floral aromatics of the variety, while also rewarding substantial cellaring. Spring flowers, so engaging, with the lifted scent of wildflowers, citrus blossom, apple, lemon, lime and grapefruit zest beckons from the glass. Against a strong core of lime, lemon and Delicious apple and with just a hint of Asian fruits, the wine lights up in bright, zingy acidity . . . just like sucking on a Mayer lemon with great balance throughout. A fine Riesling by any measure. $40. Drink: 2024 - 2034"- Jeni Port, Wine Pilot.
"94 Points. The Drumborg vineyard is now 60 years old. I’ve never visited it but I’d love to one day. There’s a delicacy to this wine. It’s the kind of delicacy we don’t see enough of in Australian riesling. The acidity, which is flavoured in itself, plays in with the fruit. There are floral characters, along with apple and lime, and where lime blossom stops and lime leaf starts is hard to tell because everything is marshalled as one. Balanced, yes, this wine is balanced, perfectly. Tasted: Jul24 Alcohol: 11.5%. $40. Screwcap. Drink: 2024 - 2034"- Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front.
