2017 Grosset Wines Polish Hill Riesling 750 ml

Halliday: Australia's Foremost Riesling Maker

The Clare Valley in South Australia is home to some of the greatest Riesling vineyards in the world — outside of Germany’s Mosel. And the “undisputed Riesling king” and “foremost Riesling maker,” according to James Halliday, is Jeffrey Grosset, owner of the greatest Riesling vineyard in the entire country. Today’s 98-point 2017 Grosset Riesling is “a ravishing riesling of the highest order,” from Polish Hill vineyard — it is possibly the greatest white wine in Australia and you can’t live and say you haven’t tried a bottle. Here’s why...

Polish Hill is a 19-acre certified organic Grand Cru-quality estate with 20+ year-old-vines rooted in a bed of 500-million-year-old blue slate. As Grosset’s vines battle their way through silt, shale, clay, gravel and burrow into the blue slate — the magic begins. It’s the same magic that makes Mosel Riesling last 50 years in the bottle, and this 2017 Grosset will go the distance. We have just 180 bottles on this Wine Access exclusive. Do not miss out on the chance to experience how this magical blue-slate terroir reveals itself in profoundly ethereal aromas and flavors unlike any you may ever experience again.

Jeffrey Grosset is one of the most decorated winemakers in Australia, for good reason. In 2017, James Halliday, Australia’s foremost critic, named Grosset Wines it’s “Best Value Winery” in his Top 100 Wineries report, and Grosset also landed among Wine & Spirits’ Top 100 Wineries. Decanter has named Grosset one of its “Top 10 White Winemakers” as Halliday contends, “Jeffrey Grosset wears the unchallenged mantle of Australia's foremost riesling maker.”

For nearly 40 years, Grosset has had his eyes firmly focused on one prize: to produce the purest example of a wine that is humanly possible. That’s why every grape bunch is hand-picked from vines that are treated to a First Growth or Grand Cru grape-growing script. There’s no tilling of the soils, no fertilizers, and leaf canopies are vigorously maintained with multiple passes through the vineyards nearly every single day. We honestly haven’t seen anything else quite like Grosset’s manic attention to detail and in a wine like this stunning Polish Hill Riesling, the result is evident — a mind-bogglingly complex white that will wow your grandchildren as much as it wows you.