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Huon Hooke - www.huonhooke.com
"Bright, light yellow colour. Intense and charming aromas of spring flowers and green herbs, even a hint of jasmine. The palate is fruity and delicious, round and soft with lovely balance between fruit, acidity and sweetness – of which there is just a mere smidgen. Clean finish."
96 James Halliday - Australian Wine Companion
95 Tyson Stelzer - Tysonstelzer.com
"I cannot recall any set of Australian aromatic wines as consistently breathtaking as Jeffrey Grosset’s 2012 releases. His off-dry riesling, named Alea for the first time, showcases fruit captured at the most exacting point in its ripeness to deliver the glories of pristine kaffir lime, crunchy granny smith apple and pure lemon zest. Such is the assuredness of structure and acidity here that sugar becomes a minor player in the ultimate impression, carrying succulence and balance rather than any overt sense of sweetness, persevering long into the finish, with slate-like structure and enduring fruit presence."
92+ Lisa Perrotti-Brown - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
"Grown on a challenging yellowy, red-rock terroir in Watervale, the 2012 Alea Riesling shows a very pretty citrus, honey and floral nose with under-ripe pineapple and green apple nuances. With 16 grams per liter of residual sugar, the wine seems very dry, very refreshing and harmonious while showing some mineral notes on the long finish. Drink it from 2014 to 2021+. "
92+ Gary Walsh - The Wine Front
"Grosset’s “off-dry” riesling is now to be called Alea – from the Alea vineyard, planted in 2000 in red loam on hard red rock. Alea is named after the Greek goddess of wisdom, courage and agriculture.
It’s off-dry but it’s not overtly sweet – you almost have to be told that it’s off-dry, such is the wine’s general strictness. In any case it helps give the wine a lovely sense of style. Lime and ripe apple, lime rind and (whispers of) tangerine. There’s almost a leafy kaffir lime character here – whatever it is, this added note is distinctly part of the wine’s charm. The best of the Grosset off-dry riesling releases to date. Harmonious. "
"As you’d expect from such a great vintage, the 2012 Grosset Alea is an exemplary wine. Barely sweet enough to be rated off-dry it is fresh, bright and vibrant with mid-palate softness, a whisper of lingering sweetness, and a crisp, dry lime juice acidity that provides the wine with balance. There is succulence, tight structure, plenty of power, and a delicious lingering aftertaste. A wine of substance, suited but certainly not limited to dishes of Asian influence, it is just a touch drier but otherwise very similar to last year’s Off-dry, and a wonderfully different expression of the variety when compared to the Springvale and Polish Hill."- Winery
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