Kirrihill

Kirrihill is a boutique winery in South Australia’s Clare Valley. Founded in 1998 by friends and locals, Sean Edwards and Rob Stanway, with the focus on growing the best quality fruit possible, managing the vineyards sustainably and respecting individual sites. The micro-climates within the three small valleys that make up the Clare Valley region provide such diversity of fruit, creating expressive and aromatic Rieslings. Sitting atop the ‘Golden Mile’, a stretch of rare terra rossa soil, the Schobers Vineyard is one of the most distinguished red wine producing vineyards in Australia and has consistently produced Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon wines rich in distinctive Clare Valley character.

The 2021 Riesling is as refreshing as a dip in the ocean. A bright and crisp style with fragrant citrus, floral and orange blossom notes. Fresh acidity leads to a clean, dry and mouth-watering finish.

Great paired with seafood, Asian cuisine and, of course, friends.

With the Riesling grapes picked in the early morning, when the temperatures are at their coolest, crushing and pressing of the chilled fruit occurred immediately with the aim of limiting any skin contact. After cold settling, the clean racked juice was then fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks. It was then chilled immediately after fermentation to retain and protect the varietal aromas to remain pristine until bottling in mid 2021.