91POINTS
16¾/20
Tantalus Riesling 2023
East Kelowna Slopes, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaYear after year, the Tantalus team digs in and give us a masterpiece in simplicity and consistency with its flagship off-dry Riesling. The fruit comes off home block vines planted in 2005 and 2009, and neighbouring established grower sites inside the East Kelowna Slopes sub-GI. Winemaker David Patterson says, "the fruit is self-balancing," with 14+ g/L of residual sugar working its way into an explosion of acid tension. Chalk, lemons, minerals, and florals precede a rush of citrus and peach that takes over and runs through the finish. Drink or hold. A recent tasting of the 2021 was only beginning to open now, so take your cue from that.Tasted: 24 April 2024Tasted by: Prices:BC | $28.00 | 750ml | winery direct/online Summer 2024 |
Grape: RieslingCSPC: 802280UPC: 626990067412