The purpose of Harewood Estate is to demonstrate the diversity and capacity of the Great Southern Region of Western Australia.

These wines were highly awarded by critics and are produced in small amounts. Due to the scarcity of this new vintage, they sell out every year.

Harewood Estate New Vintage

The Riesling vintage at Harewood Estate has been developed to showcase the diversity of their wines.  ‘Riesling is such a “grown” wine, it is made in the vineyard’, says James Kellie, winemaker and owner of Harewood Estate.

“Each year I harvest the fruit in the different vineyards, on different days, according to “mouthfeel”.  When I think the fruit is ripe, and balanced and just plain ready.  Then we ferment the wines in exactly the same way, same yeast, same temperature of ferment, same amount of time on skins.  The only difference in winemaking is that I do reserve the right to “turn up the fridge” to stop the ferment when I feel the acid / sugar balance is right, for each particular wine.  In this way, the difference you taste between the wines, really is just the difference in “terroir” (the conditions in each vineyard, in that growing year).

Trying the wines as a flight is the best way to experience the difference across the Great Southern.

The Vineyard

“The coldest vineyard is quite high in Porongurups, followed by the coastal fruit from Denmark (where the Southern Ocean has a moderating effect).  Further inland the warmer influences in Mt Barker and Frankland River are quite apparent, in the extra generosity of fruit.

In 2021 we aren’t presenting a Frankland River wine, there was a massive frost in November 2020 which wiped out the harvest.  Tunney is a town just out ide the Frankland River boundary and we have sourced some fruit from there this year.  This vineyard has a history of producing wines that age incredibly well, so it’s really exciting to make some wine from there and see how it turns out, especially as the years progress.”  James Kellie Harewood Estate.

So there you have it folks Riesling at it’s most sublime, from one of the master’s of the grape, at the top of his form.

2021 Harewood Estate Denmark Riesling

Acclaim

• 96 pts – Angus Hughson (Wine Pilot)
• 92 pts – Aaron Brasher (The Real Review )

Taste Notes

	Colour: A brilliant exceptionally pale straw colour with youthful green tinges on release.
	Bouquet: Aromas of intense floral and citrus notes with some hints of passionfruit enhanced by an underlying spicy lift can be found on the nose
	Palate: A seamless palate, initial flavours of grapefruit and pear, leading to a sherbet mid-palate of passion fruit and spice, finishes with a long, classic mouth-watering citrus acidity.

Technical notes: The fine structure is statement to the care taken during the production.

2021 Harewood Estate Porongurup Riesling

Acclaim

• 94 pts – Angus Hughson, Wine Pilot

Taste Notes

	Colour: A brilliant fresh green straw colour on release.
	Bouquet: Aromas complex, perfumed notes of citrus and fresh nectarines balanced by toasty French oak and a savoury cashew character from barrel fermentation.
	Palate: The palate is full-bodied and complex. Stone fruits and honeydew melon flavours lead to a creamier rounded mid-palate of peach, vanilla and roasted nuts, with a lingering crisp finish of grapefruit and spicy French oak.

2021 Harewood Estate Tunney Riesling

Acclaim

• 92 pts – Angus Hughson, Wine Pilot

Taste Notes

	Colour: A brilliant, exceptionally pale straw colour with youthful green tinges.
	Bouquet: The wine exhibits pungent spicy blossom and hints of stone fruits enhanced by an underlying “lemon barley” vibrancy,
	Palate: A seamless palate, with initial flavours of passionfruit and Meyer lemon barley leading to a spicy mid-palate with hints of pear finishing with textural pithy acidity. The fine structure is testament to the care taken during this wines production.

Technical Notes: This wine’s youthful intensity and fruit-driven vibrancy can be enjoyed over the next two to three years. Cellaring for up to 10 years will be rewarded with the classic complex, toasty, textured characters of an aged cool-climate Riesling

2021 Harewood Estate Mount Baker Riesling

Acclaim

• 90 pts – Angus Hughson, Wine Pilot

Tasting Notes

	Colour: A brilliant, exceptionally pale straw colour with youthful green tinges.
	Bouquet: The wine exhibits intense floral, citrus and talc notes enhanced by an underlying spicy vibrancy.
	Palate: Initial flavours of passionfruit and mandarin are followed with a spicy mid-palate with hints of nectarine, and finishing with classic mouth-watering citrus.
	Very well suited to canapes on a sunny day. Excellent first drink of the day.

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