{"product_id":"swinney-riesling","title":"Swinney Riesling","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first key to understanding Swinney’s Riesling style is to appreciate the farming. All blocks are organic and dry-farmed, the vines are cane-pruned and the row orientation is north to south. The team uses shade cloth in the Riesling blocks, protecting the bunches from excessive sun exposure and avoiding any roasted character in the fruit. Such precise vineyard management goes some way to explaining the wine’s purity and transparency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second key is in the cellar, where Rob Manns’s search for structure and texture reigns supreme. The fruit (from two of Swinney’s oldest blocks in the Powderbark vineyard) is whole bunch-pressed and fermented with indigenous yeast in stainless steel with a high component of solids. This approach “builds nuance and a saline core in the wine”, according to Mann. He’s not looking for austerity, rather he is seeking something more textural and aromatic with flavour complexity and a high degree of fruit purity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“From two blocks off the Swinney Estate vineyard. Whole-bunch pressed; three months on lees. Neat and tidy winemaking, plus the significant site, conspire to create a tightly wound, tangy and refreshing expression of classic lines and intense acidity. It's piercing and zesty, with limes, pink grapefruit, just-ripe cumquat, a light talc note, some slate and steel, with a briny mineral profile in there, too. Compact, youthful and vigorous. A delicious drink, offering key simplicity with some pizzazz.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e93 points, Mike Bennie, Wine Companion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42773604892881,"sku":null,"price":227.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0014\/4849\/files\/SwinneyRiesling.png?v=1761451666","url":"https:\/\/www.winerepublic.com.au\/products\/swinney-riesling","provider":"Wine Republic ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}