2022 Pooley Margaret Pooley Tribute Riesling

Highly Rated JAMES SUCKLING TOP 100
Exceptional ultra-premium Riesling from the Pooleys. Made from a single block in only the best years and in tiny quantities.

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Description

The Margaret Pooley Tribute Riesling is a reserve wine made only in exceptional years from the original Pooley Riesling plantings established in 1985.

This is Anna Pooley's most explosive and concentrated Riesling release. Built with cellaring in mind, this is an intensely flavoured, tightly structured wine that is going to reward patience in the cellar.

One of the benchmark Rieslings in Tasmania, whenever Anna deems this high enough quality to be a stand alone release, enthusiasts should jump on it. This Riesling is a cut above.

98 points & No. 4 in the Top 100 Australian Wines of 2024
"Flashy and striking aromas of flint, lemon peel, gun smoke, crushed river stones and nectarines. The palate is high tension with electric acidity carried by an underlying power, giving notes of grapefruit pith, mandarin rind and limes. Wonderfully complex and tightly wound. "
- James Suckling

97 points
"The focus and minerally clarity are something else as are the penetrating citrus flavours and vivid, stony cadence as it sets off across the palate. It's all about tension, resolution and grace. A good cellaring prospect if you have the patience."
- Dave Brookes (Halliday Wine Companion)

96 points
"A very reserved, slow-aging style of riesling that needs more time and will richly reward extended cellaring. The balance is dry; the intent super-serious."
- Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

98 points - "Flashy and striking aromas of flint, lemon peel, gun smoke, crushed river stones and nectarines. The palate is high tension with electric acidity carried by an underlying power, giving notes of grapefruit pith, mandarin rind and limes. Wonderfully complex and tightly wound." - JamesSucklinh.com

97 points - "Riesling sourced from the Cooinda Vale vineyard in the Coal River Valley that sees five months on lees in old French oak puncheons. Pale in the glass with the merest flash of green. Concentrated and wonderfully delineated aromas of fresh lime and crunchy green apple with notes of lemongrass, lemon curd, makrut lime, orange blossom, dried honey, crushed stone and citrus rind. The focus and minerally clarity are something else as are the penetrating citrus flavours and vivid, stony cadence as it sets off across the palate. It's all about tension, resolution and grace. A good cellaring prospect if you have the patience." - Dave Brookes (Halliday Wine Companion)

96 points - "Pale, almost water-white colour; intense and fresh aromas of kaffir lime leaf, lemon juice and pith, the flavour concentrated and driving on a very long, focused and penetrating palate. A very reserved, slow-aging style of riesling that needs more time and will richly reward extended cellaring. The balance is dry; the intent super-serious." - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

It's always exciting when the white caps don the Riesling bottles…it signifies an upcoming release of the Margaret Pooley Riesling. Planted by Denis and Margaret in 1985, this special Single Block wine from our Cooinda Vale vineyard celebrates the Three Generations of Pooley's that have worked tirelessly over the past 32 years.

Only made in exceptional years, in tiny quantities…this wine is all about the vision. Cheers!

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type White
Body Light Bodied
Variety Riesling
Country Australia
Region Tasmania
Australian State TAS
Feature High Score
Women in Wine
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
The Real Review
James Suckling
Critic Score 97
96
98
Size 750ml
Vintage 2022
Closure Screw Cap

Pooley

Pooley is one of the leading family-owned wineries in Tasmania, renowned for their exquisite Single Vineyard examples of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Riesling from the Coal River region, less than an hour north of Hobart.

The family vineyard was planted in 1985 by Margaret and Denis Pooley. Today it is in the hands of the third generation of Pooleys, with award-winning winemaker Anna Pooley heading up the cellar and her brother Matt as viticulturalist. They make a killer team and the family business is going from strength to strength.

Anna's wines are pure, refined and eminently cellar-worthy. A class-act producer setting a cracking pace for all of Tasmania to follow.

Winemaker Anna Pooley Pooley

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