2021 Entropy Riesling

Highly Rated
Aromatics and floral characters define this beautiful Gippsland Riesling

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Ryan Ponsford saw the potential in the Riesling vines when he took over the vineyard, and this potential has been fully realised in his lovely Entropy Riesling.

It's not overly alcoholic (13.5%) but it has a truckload of acid and is very full flavoured, with aromatics of sherbet and florals, as well as pear and citrus. The palate is rich, and the use of lees ageing has resulted in a lot of texture.

This is a great wine for drinking by itself or it will enhance pretty much any dish you have with it, such as seafood, white meats, or good ol' fish and chips.

Riesling from the original 40yr old vines in Warragul. When I took over these vines I knew there was potential to make some pretty serious riesling. Old vines, never irrigated, North facing slope on red volcanic soil in a climate like we have? should mean power and depth. Turns out I wasn't wrong. This riesling is a powerhouse. Really low yields (800kg from the fourteen rows) and small, densely flavoured berries. Wild fermented and aged in barrel on full lees, the wine is 13.5% alc but with PH of 3.05 it has acid, tension. Nose is sherberty, so aromatic and pretty, floral. Palette is bright but dense, really quite textural and creamy with heaps of fresh pear and tonnes of layers that will keep developing over the next bunch of years.

95 Points - "Riesling from Baw Baw Shire in Gippsland, which mustn’t see a lot of that variety, surely? The vines are around 40 years old here and have never been irrigated; cared for now by winemaker Ryan Ponsford. Anyways, here’s one made with clarity and strong, strong minerality.

"A fleshy white with superb, maxed out saline tang and fine, cheesy-nutty yeastiness in tow. This one is all about that salty, mineral drive, compressed despite the pulpy, fleshy, grapefruit and juicy green apple characters, exceptionally long with a rolling, pumice-stone and flint finish. It feels somewhere between savagnin and chardonnay for my tastes and yet delivers an extremely compelling and wildly delicious white wine. So down." Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

Entropy

Ryan Ponsford started his wine adventure with a pivotal bottle of additive-free Pinot Noir made by cult wine figure Bill Downie.

Not long after, Ryan found himself in Bill's vineyard, pruning, plucking, tending the vines and taking notes from Bill and his farming partner Pat Sullivan.

It wasn't long before Ryan jumped in boots and all and started his own label made with the same philosophy as the wines of Pat and Bill. Now he's bought a patch of dirt in Gippsland and is putting vines in the ground.

His journey is just at the beginning, but the DNA of what Ryan is planning is well and truly on the right track. Watch this space, there is plenty more in store for the 2022 Young Gun of Wine!

Ryan Ponsford in the vineyard Entropy

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