16 Jun 2011 - www.geoffkellywinereviews.co.nz

Mt Difficulty Long Gully Riesling 2006

Bannockburn, Central Otago, New Zealand: 10.5%; $34; screwcap; vines planted 1992; long hang-time, riper flavours sought, harvest 11 May, virtually no botrytis; stop-fermented @ 90 g/L; pH @ 3.17; 60 cases; www.mtdifficulty.co.nz

Older lemon. Bouquet is straightforward riesling, some citrus fruits, no botrytis, a suggestion of floral nectar only. Palate has an astonishing flavour of Lisbon lemons, much more complexity, some botrytis and a hint of lanolin, the flavour long extended on the higher residual. Strange wine, not quite as symmetrical and enchanting as one would hope, but clearly varietal. Cellar 5 – 8 years, perhaps. GK 06/11

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