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2021 Hughes & Hughes Riesling

Coal River & Derwent Valleys, TAS

Tasmania Riesling with a touch of skin contact for a little extra texture. Uber refreshing stuff from Jonny & Matt Hughes.

$30.00

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About

About The Wine

Winemaker Jonny Hughes has a great way with Riesling.

For the Hughes & Hughes Riesling, a small portion was fermented on skins to pick up a little extra texture and grip.

There's a smidgen of residual sugar here to retain balance and add body, the finish is a blistering laser beam of purity and refreshment.

This is a great drink and top value in the context of Tasmanian wine.

This wine and a fresh palate of whitebait would be a very good afternoon.

About Mewstone

Mewstone Wines is a joint venture between Jonny and Matt Hughes, two Tasmanian born wine-heads, and their respective wives Margie and Cathie.

The two families have invested in a small plot of land on the banks of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel in the charmingly named locality of Flowerpot, on the south-eastern tip of Tasmania. Matt works the grapes, Jonny makes the wines, taking what he learnt from seven years as assistant winemaker at Moorilla and re-imagining it for his own label.

The Hughes & Hughes wines offer some of the best value to be found in Tasmania at the moment, and the Mewstone premium range focuses on exceptional single-vineyard wines made in a style that Jonny wants to drink. James Halliday called them, "an utterly exceptional wine producer". Keep an eye on this ambitious pair as their star continues to rise.

Jonny and Matt Hughes
Jonny and Matt Hughes
Mewstone Vineyard, TAS
Additional Info

From The Producer

Fruit from vineyards in the Derwent and Coal River Valleys and the North West, picked at approximately 12 baume. Skin ferment makes up 10% of the blend with the remainder soaked on skins for 12 to 24 hours and slowly fermented in stainless with natural yeast. Stopped when sugars and acids found balance and matured on lees. Bottled unfined and filtered..

Blend : Riesling (100%)
ABV : 12.3%
Closure : Screw Cap
Drink Until : 2028
Bottle Size : 750ml

Jonny in the vineyard
Jonny in the vineyard
Flowerpot, TAS
Customer Reviews
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    Sharon D.
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 year ago
    Tasty Tassie Tweak

    Hughes bros are delivering great Tassie wine. I like this riesling as much as my Clare Valley favourites.

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    1 year ago
    2020 Hughes and Hughes Riesling

    Beautiful balanced Riesling. Enough sugar to be easy drinking - one of the best Rieslings I’ve tried in Australia.

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