A pure expression of Riesling and an embodiement of the uniqueness at Polish Hill River, Merle is crafted by a Riesling specialist after collation of the finest fruit from each vintage. Named for the estate's matriarch Merle Pike, she knew that she was going to have her own label and was quietly chuffed about it. An intense and pure Riesling wine with refined citrus characters over a slatey mineral palate, successive vintages of Merle have been selected for service in Qantas First Class.

$5099each $611DOZEN EACH DOZEN Merle expresses the slatey soils of the distinguished Pike vineyard. The Polish Hill subregion is considerably cooler than the rest of Clare Valley, imparting distinctive flavours and aromas into the ultimate wine. Vines are kept fresh with minimum levels of irrigation, just sufficient to keep the leaves intact and functioning, but not actually growing. This encourages all the vine's energy into ripening the fruit, optimizing flavour and aroma development in the process. Treated to the most exacting fruit selection and the highest standard of vinification, only the exclusively free run juices are included, Merle is inoculated to a mix of choice yeasts and coolly fermented without any malolactic.

Brilliant pale green colour. Pure, delicate citrus notes of lemon/ lime/ grapefruit with a twirl of regional slatey mineral character. Delicate, subtle and dry with vibrant lemon/ lime flavours tightly woven around a core of slate/ mineral acid that provides length and texture. A complex yet completely integrated, fully engaging wine.

Henry Pike settled in the Adelaide Hills circa 1886, founding a brewery which made the finest beer and tonic ales in the colony. Every bottle was labelled with the English pike, a tradition which endures into the 21st century. Henry's great grandson, Edgar Walter Pike, was an established Clare Valley grower and vineyard manager who worked for a large proprietary wine company. His sons followed father's footsteps, today Andrew is one of the leading viticulturalists in Valley Clare and Neil is one of the region's most eminent winemakers.

$2799each $335DOZEN EACH DOZEN Pikes extraordinary Riesling vines are planted to soils in the Polish Hill River area of the Clare Valley, generally regarded as one of the safest viticultural districts in Australia, in terms of pest and vine disease. The climate is considerably cooler and the soils are also quite unique to the rest of the region. The grapes positively flourish here in the red brown earth, clay and stoney soils. Fruit is harvested and pressed, inoculated by a pure yeast culture, then treated to vinification in controlled fermenters at a closely managed 12C to 15C for nigh on a month, retaining the lavish qualities of the inimitable Polish Hill. Pike Riesling is widely recognized for drinking beautifully from day one. Alcohol 11.5%

Brilliant pale green colour. Spotlessly clean and quite expressive bouquet, displaying citrus florals, apple and subtle notes of stone fruits and slate. Crisp, fresh and dry, loaded with waxy lemon and grapefruit flavours wrapped around a core of well balanced mineral acidity, adding length and focus to the finish.

$3299each $395DOZEN EACH DOZEN

$2899each $347DOZEN EACH DOZEN

What fine Riesling Clare Valley does make, internationally recognized for wines of immaculate fruit character and delicate pastoral charm. Reillys manage many of Clare Valley's most exquisite vineyards, they bring a range of the most satisfying and approachable wines to enthusiasts with every vintage. Superior parcels of Riesling, picked off the prestigious Smyth and St Clare vineyards, planted to propitiously elevated aspects in the premier viticultural precinct of Watervale, are fashioned into a lifted floral wine with crunchy green apple citrus flavours, summer blossoms and winsome honeysuckle notes.

$3999each $479DOZEN EACH DOZEN

Light pale straw hues. Pristine nose of lovely citrus aromas, new calico, dainty florals and bouquet garni. A palate full of crunchy green apple flavours, fresh lemons and lime, the snap of brisk minerality and quartz, resolving on a crisp balanced acid finish. Perfect with seafoods, shucked oysters or mussels brewed in shallots, Riesling and brine.

$1999each $239DOZEN EACH DOZEN

A frivolously labelled Sauvignon Blanc by an otherwise serious winery, Barking Mad has already created quite a name and following for itself. Designed to bring the sanity back into one's life, parcels of crisply flavoured grapes are sourced from low yielding vines in Adelaide Hills and Valley Clare. But Barking Mad? Some say it was inspired by Tessa the vineyard hound. Some claim it's about the winemaker's demeanour. Others suggest it relates to the price point for such a high quality wine. Whatever the reason we know you will enjoy Barking Mad.

$1999each $239DOZEN EACH DOZEN Reillys know about quality fruit. Harvests of Sauvignon Blanc from the Reilly estate vineyards at Leasingham and St Clare Vines are vinified alongside parcels grown to the cooler elevated, slow ripening altitudes of Adelaide Hills. Vines are all closely husbanded and mature to an average age of ten years, fasidiously cropped to yield a lean 2.0T/acre. Grapes are either hand picked or harvested throughout the cool of night, to capture the aromatic varietal fruit characters and bracing natural acidity. Following the press and a cold settle, the purest, exclusively free run juices are inoculated and treated to a brisk, temperature controlled vinification before an early bottling to retain vitality and freshness.

Light pale straw with lime hues. Nose of cut grass, stonefruit and citrus, persimmons and snow pea. Fresh, crisp and herbaceous, persistence of gooseberry characters and ripe tropical fruit flavours, a subtle hint of spice rounds out the palate, which is perfectly balanced and finishes dry. Barking Mad is best enjoyed slightly chilled.

From the most exquisite parcels of estate grown Riesling, picked off the auspicious Reilly vines, planted to rich red loam over deep limestone soils of St Clare Vineyard at Watervale. Fruit is pressed within two hours of picking and nothing but the purest, first free run juices are sent to fermenters. Its expansive floral bouquet and citrus blossom nose give way to a painters palette of delicate pastoral flavours, the crisp juicyness of ripe apple and zest of lime, balanced by the renowned Watervale floral softness and gentle, creamy acidity.

$1999each $239DOZEN EACH DOZEN

$2199each $263DOZEN EACH DOZEN

Valley Clare is renowned for the gentle nature and refinement of its Riesling, generous yet elegant, what differentiates it from other regions are the dry, hot summer days and cool, crisp nights which contribute to the intensity of flavour. Hand crafted from grapes grown to the elevated terroirs on Smyth and St Clare vineyards, picked off dry grown vines planted to rich red loam overlays deep limestone, a winsome Riesling style of lifted florals heralding an enriched palate of citrus, honey and lime followed by crisp granny apple acid on the finish.

$3999each $479DOZEN EACH DOZEN

$1999each $239DOZEN EACH DOZEN

The pick of Watervale fruit from a very special, hand selected site amongst the idyllic, rolling pastorals of Valley Clare. An intensely fragrant blend of freshly squeezed tahitian lime and blossom frangiapan over a subtle hint of wet stones, youthful and bright, fresh lime intense on the palate. A term of extended lees contact and four months stirring battonage introduces complexity, textural richness, crisp and dry, a beautiful line of grapefruit acidity to the finish.

$2299each $275DOZEN EACH DOZEN