Robert Hill Smith and Jeffrey Grosset are two of our nation's most accomplished winemakers. They share a passion for Riesling and have refined their art amongst the most spectacular vineyards in the land. Eden Valley is their terroir of choice, working side by side across alternate rows of vine, each with a slightly different technique, they endeavour to formulate a first growth of this most noble and enduring genre. The Mesh Project represents an evolution in ever higher standards of excellence, a vigorous wine of eloquence and luxury, so articulate of the chiselled and majestic Eden Valley Riesling style.

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Mission Estate are New Zealand's oldest winery, they continue to employ traditional winemaking techniques handed down from their French missionary founders. Mission Estate have always managed their vineyards in a biodynamically responsible way, the philosophy is to protect the land so that their wines can remain articulate of a wonderful environment. Treated to an extended term of age in the finest French oak barriques, this opulent Chardonnay exudes lifted perfumes of grapefruit, mandarin and creamy nougat, underpinned by the crystal saline freshness of a truly splendid mesoclime.

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Mitchell Watervale shows amazing intensity of flavour, articulate of its Clare Valley provenance, all the winemaking team need do is preserve the character of organically grown fruit as it proceeds through the vinification. Intense with tangy lime characters, citrus florals, thistle milk and talc, a refreshing Riesling of exquisite elegance, divine balance and poise. Wild ferments, lees contact and an extended term of bottle age all serve to soften the palate, its luxurious minerality resolves on a racy, crisp and gratifyingly drying finish.

$3399each $407DOZEN EACH DOZEN Mitchell's largest vineyard is located at Watervale, several kilometres south of the estate wineworks. Set on the exposed eastern slopes of undulating hills, with long rows of vine, this can be a very bleak place in the middle of winter at pruning time. The isolation and chills has led to it becoming known among the vineyard workers as Alcatraz, a place to do penance in the cold, wind and rain of a Clare Valley winter. Alcatraz, which only ever yields around two ton per acre, is particularly well suited to Riesling, infusing the fruit with great depth of flavour. The fully mature vines are planted to soils that are rich red brown loam and clay over limestone, at an altitude between 300 and 400 metres.

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Highly esteemed by local growers as one of Clare Valley's most splendid Riesling vineyards, Mocandunda produces a highly distinctive crop, which defines the transcendent synergies between softness, minerality and the ribald aromaticness of stunningly perfumed fruit. It's all hand picked grapes, scrupulously sorted to isolate the purest and most perfect berries, an exquisite expression of Riesling from a magnificent terroir. Nothing but the purest free run pressings, followed by an extravagant six weeks on gross lees, limes and linearity underpin a dense core of fruit, its pristine finish, immaculate and dry.

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Moss Wood include parcels of exposed grapes with no leaves, others without leaf removal. The former is a more complex style of Chardonnay with accentuated malty and roasted nut characters while the latter tends to retain citrus, honeysuckle and peach blossom aromatics whilst looking prettier. Before assembling, there are extensive tastings to check on the choice of barrel and to compare the different levels of exposure. The results are fascinating, a grand total of just a few hundred cases are made each year, Moss Wood Chardonnay is always beaut.

$6599each $791DOZEN EACH DOZEN Chardonnay is hand picked and whole bunch pressed, the free run juice and pressings are kept separate, cold settled for a couple of days and fined to remove excess phenolics. Batches are transferred to fermenters, a small percentage of lighter settling solids is included, warmed and inoculated with pure yeast cultures. After a day of activity, the ferments are racked to a selection of seasoned and new 225 litre French oak barriques, vinified to dryness, assembled and treated to full malolactic. The winery air conditioning system is adjusted to keep ferments at lower temperatures between 8âC and 20âC. A total of twenty months in oak is followed by bentonite fining and sterile filtration.

Medium straw hue. Lifted and complex, nectarine and blossoms, lemon marmalade and lime, long term barrel aging adds malt, roast nut and cinnamon notes. The front palate shows generous ripe fruits, full body and smooth texture. Generous peach, marmalade and roast almond flavours, a balanced astringency that builds the mouthfeel but doesn't impinge on the texture, giving a long, sweet, round feel.

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