2025 'The Merle' Reserve Riesling Magnum

2025 'The Merle' Reserve Riesling MagnumNamed after our family matriarch, The Merle is hand picked and sorted in the vineyard from the best parcels of Riesling from our Polish Hill River Estate. This release is a testament to the potential for excellence even in challenging vintages. It showcases concentration, poise, and length, while remaining immediately approachable. With cellaring potential measured in decades rather than years, this is a wine were incredibly proud of. Incredibly

due to its elevated vineyard plots on our property

Named after Andrew Pike’s paternal Grandmother

the ‘Olga Emmie’ is our tip of the hat to the half dry Spätlese wines of Germany

with dark berry fruit and firm tannins

This wine is delicious upon release but could easily cellar for 15+ years

This is the fourth release of this wine

yielding smaller crops but fruit with incredible purity

it pairs beautifully with braised red meats or anything ‘low and slow’ on the BBQ

it pairs effortlessly with dishes featuring Asian spice

Expect lifted aromatics

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This release of the “Rising Ground”