Appellation Australia

2003 and 2004 Dry

The second largest class with sixty eight wines and I tasted through sixty five of them. All wines are from 2004 unless otherwise mentioned.

Some good wines, but in general quite mediocre - can probably be put down to 2004 being an average year for Riesling in our two biggest quality areas, the Clare Valley and Eden Valley.

Babich “Marlborough” - 91/100
Ninth Island - 91/100
La Colline - 90/100
Goundrey “Homestead” - 90/100
Neagles Rock - 89/100
Goundrey “Reserve” - 89/100
Peter Lehmann “Eden Valley” - 89/100
Pipers Brook - 89/100
Skilogalee “Clare Valley” - 88/100
McGuigan “Earth Portrait” - 88/100
Leasingham “Bastion” - 88/100
Capel Vale “Whispering Hill” - 88/100
Annie’s Lane “Coppertrail” - 88/100
Bay of Fires - 88/100
Kamberra “Meeting Place” - 88/100
Elgo Estates - 88/100
John Gehrig “RG” - 88/100
Thorn-Clarke “Sandpiper” - 87/100
Wold Blass “Gold Label” - 87/100
Richmond Grove “Watervale” - 87/100
Neagles Rock “Frisky Filly” - 87/100
Spy Valley “Dry” - 87/100
Wolf Blass “Shadowood” - 87/100
Leasingham “Bin 7″ - 87/100
Bass River - 87/100
Abbey Rock “Old School House” - 87/100
Trevor Jones “Reserve” - 87/100
Chrismont - 86/100
Kim Crawford “Anderson Bone Dry” - 86/100
Seppelt “Victorian” - 86/100
Mount Langi Ghiran - 86/100
Wallaroo Wines 2003 - 86/100
Tamburlaine - 86/100
Gilberts “Mt Barker” - 86/100
Dal Zotto Estate - 86/100
Cardinham 2003 - 86/100
Wirra Wirra “Hand Picked” - 86/100
Tamar Ridge - 86/100
Sandalford - 86/100
McWilliams “Regional Collection Eden” - 86/100
Cellarmaster “Storton Eden Valley” - 86/100
Capel Vale - 85/100
Barton Esate - 85/100
Hartz Barn “Eden Valley General Stores” - 85/100
Jacob’s Creek “Reserve” - 85/100
Delatite - 85/100
Brown Brothers “Milawa” - 85/100
Kim Crawford “Marlborough Dry” - 85/100
Amor Bendall - 85/100
Jim Barry “The Florita” - 84/100
Gladstone - 84/100
Mitchell “Watervale” - 84/100
Chatto Wines - 84/100
Taylors “Jaraman” - 84/100
Pettavel “Evening Star” - 84/100
Kirrihill “Reserve” - 84/100
Cardinham - 83/100
Leeuwin Estate “Art Series” - 83/100
Angoves “Select Clare Valley” - 83/100
Gibraltar Rock - 83/100
Te Whare Ra - 82/100
Nepenthe - 82/100
Taylors - 81/100
Oak House “Burings” - 79/100
Muddy Waters “Waipara” - 79/100