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2022 Elgo Vineyard Riesling Tasting Note Colour: Clear bight straw with white gold edges. Aroma: Complex and vibrant, showing lemon pith, finger lime, white blossom, cherry blossom, bay leaf and honey suckle characters with a touch of minerality. Palate: Fresh, bright and dry with lime, lemon sherbet, complex minerality, wonderful texture and excellent length. Wine Profile Region: Strathbogie Ranges Vineyard: Elgo (Grass Tree Block) Vintage: 2022 Variety: 100% Riesling Production: 160 Cases Harvested: 15/3/2022 pH: 3.09 Alcohol: 12.5% Vinification: A two day cold soak, followed by fermentation of 50 days including four days on skins with gentle punch-downs twice a day to extract the amazing characters of the Riesling skins before being pressed off to barrel for the remainder of fermentation with lees stirring twice weekly to increase complexity and mouthfeel. Maturation: In barrel for a further two months on full solids with lees stirring to add a creaminess to balance the acidity on the palate. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. Elgo Riesling Vineyard Profile Size of Vineyard Block: 5.3 Ha Row Orientation: North / South Trellis System: Vertical Shoot Position (VSP) Pruning: Spur Average Vine Age: 17 years Climate: Continental climate, warm days followed by very cool nights. MJT: 20.7 Growing Season Rainfall: 320mm-380mm Soil: Granitic Sandy Loam Altitude: 530 Meters Review From Strathbogie Ranges comes another interesting suite of wines from Municipal, one of my ‘under the radar but up in lights’ producers. So many good wines emerge from this project. There’s a kind of honeyed, toasty glow to the wine but still with freshness in reserve. Lemon curd, green apple crunch, sweet spices, a touch of straw, peanut brittle faintly in there. Lots of flavour, bright acid profile, general energy and deliciousness. Quietly complex is the gist. Drinkability high. Go forth. Mike Bennie - http://www.winefront.com.au

2021 Elgo Vineyard 28 day Skin Contact Riesling Tasting Note Colour: Clear, bright straw with pale gold edges Aroma: Intense and complex with kumquat, grapefruit and a candied navel orange character that jumps out of the glass Palate: Mouth filling and textural with orange, grapefruit and an amazing finish of fleshy nectarine. Super textural with a finish that goes forever. Wine Profile Region: Strathbogie Ranges Vineyard: Elgo Vintage: 2021 Variety: 100% Riesling Production: 73 Cases Harvested: 19/3/2021 pH: 3.12 Alcohol: 12.2% Vinification: A three day cold soak, followed by fermentation of 36 days including 28 days on skins with gentle punch-downs twice a day to extract the amazing skin characters of the Riesling, before being pressed off to barrel for the remainder of fermentation with lees stirring twice weekly to increase complexity and mouthfeel. Maturation: In barrel for a further five and a half months on full solids with lees stirring weekly for a further month to give a creaminess to balance the acidity on the palate. Elgo Riesling Vineyard Profile Size of Vineyard Block: 5.3 Ha Row Orientation: North / South Trellis System: Vertical Shoot Position (VSP) Pruning: Spur Average Vine Age: 17 years Climate: Continental climate, warm days followed by very cool nights. MJT: 20.7 Growing Season Rainfall: 320mm-380mm Soil: Granitic Sandy Loam Altitude: 530 Meters

2021 Elgo Vineyard 12 day Skin Contact Riesling Tasting Note Colour: Clear, bright very pale straw with water white edges Aroma: Complex, lifted and fresh with finger lime, lemon, delicate white blossoms and a lovely almost flinty character Palate: Fresh and delicate with lemon, lime and white peach, a lovely texture and mouthfeel and great length and complexity. This wine retains an amazing freshness with wonderful yet delicate texture from the 12 days skin contact. Wine Profile Region: Strathbogie Ranges Vineyard: Elgo Vintage: 2021 Variety: 100% Riesling Production: 68 Cases Harvested: 19/3/2021 pH: 3.04 Alcohol: 12.5% Vinification: A three day cold soak, followed by fermentation of 52 days including 12 days on skins with gentle punch-downs twice a day to extract the amazing skin characters of the Riesling, before being pressed off to barrel for the remainder of fermentation with lees stirring twice weekly to increase complexity and mouthfeel. Maturation: In barrel for a further five months on full solids with lees stirring weekly for a further month to give a creaminess to balance the acidity on the palate. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. Elgo Riesling Vineyard Profile Size of Vineyard Block: 5.3 Ha Row Orientation: North / South Trellis System: Vertical Shoot Position (VSP) Pruning: Spur Average Vine Age: 17 years Climate: Continental climate, warm days followed by very cool nights. MJT: 20.7 Growing Season Rainfall: 320mm-380mm Soil: Granitic Sandy Loam Altitude: 530 Meters

2021 Elgo Vineyard 15 day Skin Contact Riesling Tasting Note Colour: Clear, bright straw with pale gold edges Aroma: Fresh and complex with lemon, yuzu, a hint of lime pith and a waft of cherry blossom Palate: Textural yet fresh with lemon pith, lime zest and peach, amazing length and mouthfeel and a wonderful textural finish. Wine Profile Region: Strathbogie Ranges Vineyard: Elgo Vintage: 2021 Variety: 100% Riesling Production: 70 Cases Harvested: 19/3/2021 pH: 3.06 Alcohol: 12.5% Vinification: A three day cold soak, followed by a fermentation of 52 days including 15 days on skins with gentle punch-downs twice a day to extract the amazing skin characters of the Riesling, before being pressed off to barrel for the remainder of fermentation with lees stirring twice weekly to increase complexity and mouthfeel. Maturation: In barrel for a further five months on full solids with lees stirring weekly for a further month to give a creaminess to balance the acidity on the palate. Elgo Riesling Vineyard Profile Size of Vineyard Block: 5.3 Ha Row Orientation: North / South Trellis System: Vertical Shoot Position (VSP) Pruning: Spur Average Vine Age: 17 years Climate: Continental climate, warm days followed by very cool nights. MJT: 20.7 Growing Season Rainfall: 320mm-380mm Soil: Granitic Sandy Loam Altitude: 530 Meters

2016 Whitegate Riesling Tasting Note Colour: Bight, pale straw with water white meniscus. Aroma: A medium plus intensity, complex bouquet with plum blossom, lemon sherbet, lime, almond kernel, and an underlying minerality. Palate: Dry, high acid, medium plus intensity, generous weight with good acid drive. The palate displays white peach, lemon pith, granny smith apples and almonds. The finish is clean and persistent. This wine has great aging potential. Wine Profile Region: Strathbogie Ranges Vineyard: Whitegate Vintage: 2016 Variety: 100% Riesling Production: 127 Cases Harvested: 3/3/2016 pH: 2.99 T/A: 8.9 Alcohol: 12.3% Pre Ferment: 5 hours on skins prior to pressing with the free run portion floated the same day & inoculated (using PDM yeast) the next morning to retain freshness Fermentation: A long cool ferment of 31 days at 13 degrees was conducted Maturation: This wine was bottled as soon as was practical to retain freshness. Whitegate Vineyard Profile Size of Vineyard: 6 Ha Row Orientation: North / South Trellis System: Vertical Shoot Position (VSP) Pruning: Spur Average Vine Age: 30+ years Yield: 2.31T/ha Climate: Continental climate, warm days followed by very cool nights. MJT: 20.7 Growing Season Rainfall: 320mm-380mm. Soil: Decomposed granite, giving way to sandy loam. Altitude: 480 Meters.

2017 Whitegate Riesling Tasting Note Colour: Bight, straw with light gold edges. Aroma: Intense and complex with yuzu, lime leaf, green apple, mandarin flower, plum blossom, honey and nutty notes. Palate: Great texture and weight with good acid drive and a restrained skin contact character showing kumquat, kaffir lime and almond meal. Wine Profile Region: Strathbogie Ranges Vineyard: Whitegate Vintage: 2017 Variety: 100% Riesling Production: 170 Cases Harvested: 7/4/2017 pH: 3.1 T/A: 7.09 Alcohol: 13.4% Pre Ferment: 3 days on skins with wild fermentation encouraged before pressing then inoculation. Fermentation: A long cool ferment of 35 plus days at 13 degrees was conducted. Maturation: This wine was bottled as soon as was practical to retain freshness. Whitegate Vineyard Profile Size of Vineyard: 6 Ha Row Orientation: North / South Trellis System: Vertical Shoot Position (VSP) Pruning: Spur Average Vine Age: 30+ years Yield: 2.31T/ha Climate: Continental climate, warm days followed by very cool nights. MJT: 20.7 Growing Season Rainfall: 320mm-380mm. Soil: Decomposed granite, giving way to sandy loam. Altitude: 480 Meters. Review This is straight up delicious drinking. Vibrant and fresh, cool and clean, licks of chalkiness and squeaky feel to texture, good length and a persistent, lemon-lime, mouth-watering finish. Perfume is more straight up florals and green apple, but the volume is turned up to room-filling. Nothing to not like here, it’s a complex, excellent expression. Mike Bennie - http://www.winefront.com.au

2015 Whitegate Riesling Tasting Note Colour: Bight, pale straw with water white meniscus. Aroma: Clean, medium intensity, almond kernel, green apricot, cut straw, white blossom, with an underlying minerality. Palate: Dry, high acid, medium intensity, moderate alcohol, and a tight focused body. The palate displays white nectarines, apples, quince, and almonds. The finish is clean and persistent. This wine has great aging potential. Wine Profile Region: Strathbogie Ranges Vineyard: Whitegate Vintage: 2015 Variety: 100% Riesling Production: 144 Cases Harvested: 12/3/2014 pH: 3.15 T/A: 6.68 Alcohol: 12.3% Fermentation: Following flotation; free run and pressings were combined to give body and complexity and a long cool ferment of 35 days at 13 degrees conducted. Maturation: The wine was bottled as soon as was practical to retain freshness. Whitegate Vineyard Profile Size of Vineyard: 6 Ha Row Orientation: North / South Trellis System: Vertical Shoot Position (VSP) Pruning: Spur Average Vine Age: 30+ years Yield: 2.31T/ha Climate: Continental climate, warm days followed by very cool nights. MJT: 20.7 Growing Season Rainfall: 320mm-380mm. Soil: Decomposed granite, giving way to sandy loam. Altitude: 480 Meters. Review It’s a soft, but brightly flavoured riesling. It’s more in the appley spectrum for riesling, shows a touch of fennel in flavour, and offers a brisk, starburst of grapefruity tang and firm chalkiness to close. The bouquet suggests a touch of cereal-like savouriness, lemon curd. It’s lovely to sniff on. The wine spreads well and fresh in the palate, and there’s chalky mineral character running around, and there’s complexity, with a touch of nuttiness in tow. I kept sipping. And sipping. It’s a complex, delicious, delicate and flavoursome riesling. Off to a flying start, ey? Mike Bennie - http://www.winefront.com.au