NEWS & REVIEWS

Vintage 2024

Each of these latest releases is produced from a vineyard that we planted decades ago. The aim then (as now) was to grow fruit to make the best wines possible. Odd-shaped vineyards, impractical (albeit beautiful) locations, were positioned in higher altitude (cooler) sites with the desired mix of soil, rock and aspect.

This vintage, those vineyards produced the most pristine fruit that we have seen. We put this and the fruit’s intense flavours down to the cool conditions early (the riesling fruit was hand harvested before hotter weather in March) and the impact of biodynamic farming.

A very exciting vintage!

Stop Press: First Review

Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2024

Thanks to a cool season and biodynamic farming, Jeff Grosset proclaims 2024 as the most pristine fruit he has seen since he first planted in the Clare Valley in the early 1980s. By jove! Polish Hill 2024 is as desperately gorgeous as any of the highlights of (Grosset’s) lauded career. Dainty white lily, granny smith apple and lemon blossom of pinpoint perfection rise in a dramatic crescendo over a powerful core of talcum powder structure, crystalline acidity and ancient slate texture, tracing a finish unrelenting for a full sixty seconds. It is at once lighter than air and yet possessing a resolute determination that sets a future in the cellar as enduring as the career of its maker. The essence of the Clare, time will most certainly reveal this to be one of the greatest in Grosset’s 44 vintage history, and one of the finest Australian rieslings conjured yet.

Tyson Stelzer, WBM 98 points
Drink 2024-2064 (40 Years)

Judgement of London – Grosset Polish Hill 2012 Runner-up ‘Best White Wine’

May 21st – Grosset Polish Hill 2012 Runner-up ‘Best White Wine’ London Wine Fair’s Judgement of London

32 wines were tasted over a period of four hours by 21 judges, a selection of the UK’s best palates, two-thirds of which were either Masters of Wine or Master Sommeliers. It was a ‘Europe vs rest of the world’

The purpose of Judgement of London was to give a snapshot of the fine wine landscape almost 50 years on from the original Judgement of Paris in 1976. This time, with four Australian wines in the taste-off, the results were almost too close to call.

It’s one of Australia’s best red wines…

On The Winefront …

It’s one of Australia’s best red wines, and yet few people talk of it. You can actually buy it; it’s not a ‘waiting list’ job. Gary Walsh described last year’s release as “superb”, and Campbell Mattinson had it in his best three Australian red wines of the year. On Winefront the past four vintages have rated 95, 94, 96 and 96, which is some feat for a single vineyard offering. These are Winefront scores too, remember; we (very) rarely go much higher. Gary Walsh has just described the new 2022 release as “a wine of wonderful shape and control”.

What’s the wine? Grosset Gaia