“Solace” polish hill river riesling 2024
The Wine Front review by Gary Walsh
Do I recall ol’ Limefinger telling me this is from the block he planted around his house? I know there are Magpies there, and they are quite friendly. Cool birds they are.
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. 96 points
Halliday Wine Companion review by Mike Bennie
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. 97 points
Qwine Reviews
Clean and pure, the Limefinger Solace was awarded the second best wine I tasted in 2023 and this 2024 release doesn’t lose any of its predecessor’s form. A brilliant Riesling, I could bathe in it.
It’s a wine that maintains its humility as it expresses itself. Pretty scents of white field flowers and citrus blossom deliver a seductive introduction. Lime juice and lime pith fly the flag hard and are ably supported by some green apple. A riverstone minerality sits at the core with a fabulous sherbety tang adding to that supreme and moreish length. Wow. This is elite Riesling. 97 points
“Learnings” watervale riesling 2024
The Wine Front review by Gary Walsh
There’s not many people who know more about Clare Valley Riesling than ol’ Neil Pike. Maybe ol’ J Grosset and John Hughes of RieslingFreak (we never seem to get sent his wines, though I have tasted quite a few and they are great). Anyway, here we are.
It’s a lime and tonic affair here, with lime leaf, lemongrass, and fine chalky texture. It rips and delivers so much lime juice and freshness, kind of essence of Watervale with all that, also a lavender perfume rides high in the wine, and this is so succulent and lovely, with a charge of ‘mineral’ things on a finish of great length. It’s fresh and electric. Yes. And a big yes. 95 points
Halliday Wine Companion review by Mike Bennie
From fruit grown on the quirkily named Honey Home Block of St Clare vineyards. There’s this pleasing delicate, brittle nature to this wine, which translates through fine, saline minerality, a sense of ultra-pulverised pumice rock and a general tickle of attractive, frisky acidity as a currency. Green apple happens, some lime, some pink grapefruit juice in the mix – classic stuff but so even, flavoursome, bright and ready to go despite the youthful nature of the wine at tasting. Touches of florals and oatmeal barely there in the finish too. Stellar stuff. 96 points
Qwine Reviews
Jam-packed with flavour, the concentration is a step up from the usual pretty types that Watervale can deliver. An excellent Limefinger Learnings Watervale Riesling awaits.
Pithy, focused lime juice and Bickford’s lime cordial seep from the glass. More minerally than expected, there is a riverstone and quartzy thing going on. Grapefruit builds some momentum with scents of lavender and white flowers adding pretty detail. The energy and zip are something I keep coming back for. Absolutely delicious. Drink now to ten years+ 95 points