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97
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96
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96
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Tasting Notes
The friendship between Ernst Loosen, of the Dr. Loosen Estate in Germany, and Peter Barry, of Jim Barry Wines, Australia, began in 1995 at the London Wine Fair. Forged out of mutual respect for the noble variety Riesling, this collaboration of ideas pays homage to the wine making techniques used by the Loosen family for generations, and the vineyard practices of the Barry family.
The German-style Riesling made in Australia is called Wolta Wolta, (Aboriginal for 'good water') in honour of one the Barry family's most significant and successful land purchases, which later became known as Lodge Hill. The Australian-style Riesling, made with grapes from the Erdener Treppchen Vineyard in Germany, is called Walhalla, (pronounced Valhalla) named after the majestic hall ruled over by Odin in Norse mythology.
It was no simple task for an Australian winemaker to make a German-style Riesling and vice versa, but when each winemaker can draw on forty years of experience of their counterpart, the possibilities are genuinely intriguing, and even though Peter and Tom Barry were uncertain they could make such a different style of Riesling, they were delighted with the outcome.
This project is not about sales. This is a project of passion, designed to test the skills, explore the possibilities, and hopefully, get people thinking about Riesling in a different way.
The second it is in the mouth it has a silk like softness in its acid, the fruit weight starts early and drives deep through the palate. A richness to the fruit, starting with yellow melons exotic fruits moving through citrus brown lime and mineral/ wet slate. Laced with tension and softness
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity
Classification: White
Variety: Riesling
Vintage: 2022
Bottle Size: 750ml (Bottle)
Country: Australia
Region: South Australia, Clare Valley
Alcohol %: 12.0%
Cellaring: 15 Plus Years
Scores
97 / 100"The 2022 Loosen Barry Wolta Wolta Dry Riesling is looking more refined and capacious as they years wear on, and here today, the wine is littered with milk arrowroot biscuits, white pepper, preserved citrus peel, beeswax and freshly pressed linen. The length is impressive, and the textural palate offers much in the way of physical presence, as well as serving to draw out the fruit over the long finish. It's a lovely wine, and so smooth in the mouth. 12.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap."
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
96 / 100
"Mineral aromas of Asian pears, peaches, white nectarines, sliced lemons and kaffir limes. The high-tension palate has racy acidity and an energetic mouthfeel with a lovely texture and reductive edge, showing slate, struck match, brine and white flowers as well as a slight phenolic grip. Excellent. Drink or hold. Screw cap."
- James Suckling
96 / 100
"The Dr Loosen and Jim Barry Wines collaboration continues with this release. So succulent and mouth-watering with distinct, waxy texture, lively tonic water and pink grapefruit zestiness, red apple, light gingery spice elements, lemon-honey tea notes, white balsamic lift and pleasing cashew and almond savouriness underlying. Whoa, there's lots going on here, all harmonious, powerful and precise. What a wine!"
- James Halliday's Wine Companion
