2024 Limefinger The Solace Polish Hill River Riesling

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An acid-driven and thirst-quenching Riesling with finesse and texture, from one of the Clare's most-loved winemakers.
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The Solace Polish Hill River Riesling is a powerhouse of a wine, with acid aplenty and a sumptuous texture that demonstrates why this subregion is so special.

Sourced from vines planted in 1994 on Neil Pike's own Home Block vineyard (yes, planted around his house!), the east-west orientation ensures the grapes attain full ripeness through almost constant exposure to the sun during the day. The soil of red loam, red/blue slate and yellow clay - which is quite typical of Polish Hill - imparts wonderful minerality.

While often a bit shy on the nose when young, this Riesling develops pure and bright aromas of stone fruit, citrus and spice in the glass, and it can age comfortably for 10 years.

97 points
"The wine hits with the force of a shock. Wonderful stuff... Perfect balance, incredible length, fine acidity, the intensity never relents. Love it. Drink now and for the next fifteen to twenty-five years."
- Ken Gargett (Wine Pilot)

97 points
"The intensity and drive is phenomenal... Flavour is here though, an inward concentration that provides detail of fruit, acidity, minerality and the youthful profile of the wine. An experience."
- Mike Bennie (Halliday Wine Companion)
96 points
"Ultra mineral and cool expression of Riesling here. Lime, lavender, crushed rock things, a whole lot of lime, bright and fine, lemongrass grip and zest of lime. Some aniseed and perfume on a finish of excellent length. So good."
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

“The Solace” Riesling is sourced from our own “Home Block” right in the centre of Polish Hill River (PHR) at 440m elevation. The vines were planted on their own roots in 1994 on red/brown loam over broken red/blue slate and yellow clay. Typical PHR.


Given time the fruit begins to uncoil itself from around the spine of acid and talc-like texture to reveal the beautiful lemon/lime characters that are often hidden early on. Left to age in the cellar for 7-10 years the gorgeous lemon butter aged characteristics of PHR Riesling will emerge.


Making wine from this block for almost thirty years has been a privilege. With more time on my hands these days, I have been able to find a place of peace and Solace in the pruning, growing and picking of the grapes from this lovely little patch of heaven.

97 points - "Many years ago, in one of my many less careful moments, I managed to stick my finger in an electric socket. It was not a pleasant experience. There is a touch of the electric shock about this scintillating Riesling, but it is a great deal more enjoyable than a socket. The wine hits with the force of a shock. Wonderful stuff. The colour here is the very palest lemon hue imaginable. The nose is fragrant, focused and beautifully aromatic. Poised and taut, there are notes of florals, limes, river stones, lemon curd, spices and grapefruit pith. A gossamer structure, this is all steel and silk. Perfect balance, incredible length, fine acidity, the intensity never relents. Love it. Drink now and for the next fifteen to twenty-five years." - Ken Gargett (Wine Pilot)

97 points - "100% Polish Hill River riesling. A very locavore experience from Neil Pike of limefinger, the fruit 'grown on the block planted around my home'. The intensity and drive is phenomenal. A rapier thrust of lime (yes!), gingery spice, green apple at its tartest spectrum, brine and talc minerality, a chisel of slate, chalky fringes to the wine and a wildly mouth-watering finish in tow. It races along the palate, tightly wound, skeletal, refreshing and tense. Flavour is here though, an inward concentration that provides detail of fruit, acidity, minerality and the youthful profile of the wine. An experience." - Mike Bennie (Halliday Wine Companion)

96 points - "Ultra mineral and cool expression of Riesling here. Lime, lavender, crushed rock things, a whole lot of lime, bright and fine, lemongrass grip and zest of lime. Some aniseed and perfume on a finish of excellent length. So good." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

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Limefinger

After a lifetime dedicated to wine, you would think that an illustrious winemaker such as Neil Pike would want to settle down and drink wine rather than make it. Not so.

Limefinger is his "retirement project", where he grows grapes and sources fruit from trusted growers (solely Riesling), with a clear focus on sustainability at all stages of farming and production.

Given that the focus is on Riesling, it's probably no surprise that the wines on offer are from the Watervale and Polish Hill subregions. The production remains tiny (only a few thousand bottles of each wine) so they're quickly snapped up after release each year.

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