3drops Great Southern Riesling (17, 18 & 2019)
3drops 2019 Riesling
Tasted 13 November, 2019
This here is the brand new released 2019 3drops Great Southern Riesling. Thank you 3drops wine and olive oil for the sample bottle.
Firstly I have to say I’m loving the spruced up labels for the new releases. How classy does it look.
And you know what? It’s just as good on the inside as it is on the outside.
Here are our notes:
It’s a clean pale yellow-green colour in the glass. The nose is full of Granny Smith apples, a bit of lanolin, plenty of citrus and a whiff of minerality. While in the mouth it’s super crisp and clean with a medley of lemon, lime and grapefruit citrus flavours with some crunchy apple in there too. Move over G&T, there’s a new refreshing beverage in town.
This wine was sent to me as a sample, I was under no obligation to post about it.
All opinions are based on my own taste buds. Wine is subjective & always evolving, so make sure you drink what you enjoy!
3drops 2018 Riesling
Tasted 13 November, 2019
We tried this 2018 Great Southern Riesling up against its 2019 counterpart to see the difference year on year. While the quality was definitely consistent year on year, they did have their own unique points of difference.
Have you ever done a tasting where you’ve tried the same wine over multiple vintages?
Before I get into our notes, I just want to say thank you to 3drops wine and olive oil for sending us over these samples to try. Mr Spittoon and I love our wines from WA’s Great Southern region. If you haven’t tasted the wines from this region yet, you might want to hunt some out stat.
We found this 2018 Riesling a very pale straw colour in the glass. It has a deliciously inviting vibrant nose full of lime acidity, minerality, white flowers and juicy nectarines. While in the mouth it almost has a sherbet like acidity to it, yet it’s incredibly smooth and hands down 100% refreshing. If you can resist, some time in the cellar would be great for this one.
This wine was sent to me as a sample, I was under no obligation to post about it.
All opinions are based on my own taste buds. Wine is subjective & always evolving, so make sure you drink what you enjoy!
3drops 2017 Riesling
Tasted 28 August, 2018
My parents are currently visiting from New Zeal and which was the perfect excuse to crack this 1.5 litre 2017 3drops Riesling magnum I received as a gift back in Perth.
3drops are a wine and olive oil producer from Mt Barker in Western Australia’s Great Southern Wine Region. This cool climate wine region is perfect for growing Riesling grapes which can be made into dry, fresh and citrus driven tipples like this one.
We all really enjoyed this elegant and crisp Riesling. Despite its size, the contents were gone very quickly between the 4 of us.
