2022 Duke's Vineyard Frankland River Riesling

Highly Rated
A brilliant new Riesling release from Duke's Vineyard, crafted from fruit sourced from the great Swinney Vineyard. Full of juicy citrus and mineral finish.

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This new release from Duke's Vineyard is made with Riesling fruit sourced from the Swinney Vineyard in the Frankland River.

The old vines here are planted in ironstone clay and gravel that imparts a beautiful mineral hint to the finished wine, sitting happily alongside the juicy flavours of deliciously zingy lemon and lime.

A truly mouth-watering and exquisite wine right here.

Sourced from one of the great sites in Frankland, Swinney Vineyard, we are ecstatic to work with this exceptional fruit from old vines planted on deep ironstone clay and gravels. Meticulously farmed, harvested at night, we were able to capture the floral lift and fine acidity characteristic of the Frankland region. Light hay, sparkling green edges; aromas of lime, jasmine, honeysuckle, green pineapple; palate of finger lime, Meyer lemon meringue, juicy, ethereal, rain on wet slate finish.

95 Points - "Light yellow colour; already accessible and more open than the Magpie Hill Reserve or Chatsfield wines. Lime and fresh-picked herbs, a marginally richer, fuller palate that is already very rewarding to drink and relatively overt compared to the Magpie—but still at the restrained end of the riesling spectrum. Dry but juicy balance. A delicious wine already and for years to come. " - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

93 Points - "Apple, ginger, mixed citrus, something of a stony/earthy thing too. It has a peppery and dusty texture, crunch of green apple and lime, but kind of savoury too, bony structure, but with a good amount of flavour. Finish has a cool, slightly bitter cucumber character, and it goes pretty long with it. Texture and character. Very good." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

93 Points - "This is sourced from Frankland River and comes from the excellent Powderbark vineyard of Matt Swinney. It has a distinctive minerally slaty character. It’s also got power and intensity with a great palate weight and texture, and is quite spicy. Provides an alternative to the more austere and finer Porongurup wines from the home vineyard." - Ray Jordan (Wine Pilot)

91 Points - "The 2022 Riesling Frankland River is a new wine in the Duke's portfolio, and it marks the beginning of a new chapter for the estate, after Duke and Hilde Ranson sold the eponymous property late in 2021. Imbued with the searing acidity that comes so naturally to Frankland River, this is tight, taut and laser focused. 2022 was a great vintage in Western Australia, and the power and effortless drive that so many of the wines display is on show here. If anything, a little more fruit weight would help balance the natural acidity here and give the wine a little more flesh through the mid-palate and finish. It's lovely, though it needs some time." - Erin Larkin (Robert Parker Wine Advocate)

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