Aaron Tan

9.3

Underrated, or should I say underrepresented. You can hardly find these in the east coast, though the same can be said in the west (of Australia, in case anyone's wondering). Picked up one of the last bottles of the 2018 Lowboi Riesling from a store in Perth. Lucky me since it's sold out in most of the city.

The 2017 Lowboi Riesling was one of my favourite Aussie Rieslings last year, and the 2018's another winner. Pure energy! Laser precision, white florals, limey-citrusy goodness, salty acidity. Six months or so on lees has given it quite a lovely texture and a musky element. The use of RS (5 g/l) is brilliant - adds weight and softens the acidity, but finishes dry and long.

While "Lowboi" may sound like an upcoming underground rap artist, the wines are far from trying to be hip. They're serious, age-worthy Rieslings and Chardonnays. In fact, the actual origin of the name is a pointer - it pays tribute to the area and namesake where the winemaker's mother grew up in. Lowboi is the personal label of Guy Lyons, winemaker and heir of Forest Hill. Trust me when I say there's real talent here, as I've had the pleasure of working and spending many nights drinking with the man himself. And let's not talk about the impressive resume, having spent time at perhaps the best wineries of their cepage - Gonon and Keller.

The Porongurup Riesling comes from dry-farmed vines planted in 1985. South-facing, the aspect might surprise some as it goes against all convention in the southern hemisphere. But like Kai Schatzael's north-facing auction Pettenthal, Guy probably saw the Springview Vineyard's potential in producing wines of greater finesse in an increasingly warmer planet. Taste this and they will be no questions asked! — 8 years ago

Andrew Carson

9.1

Nice chardy! Will do very well with age. Aroma of peach crumble and green pineapple, with hints of burnt toast. Round palate of tropical fruit with a strong emphasis on lemon. Long acidity on the finish. I think this will be pefect in 3-5 years time. — 10 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.0

Starts sweet and then the freshness leads the whole game. Incredibly enjoyable.🇦🇺👍 — 10 years ago

Constant Van Wyk

10

This is an excellent Port — 11 years ago

J D

9.6

Beautifully Oaked, smooth drinking wine. — 11 years ago

Kim Grant

8.9

Very unusual, but amazing palate.
— 12 years ago

Glen Brown

10

A very good drop — 12 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.7

An amazing freak of a wine that sells for $250 for 350ml and is a steal if you can grab a bottle. James Talijancich said the grape bunches were so dry “they would fall off if you brushed against them “ but in the end they picked them anyway. Picked at an astonishing 35 degrees Baume. On the palate it is concentration and power plus essence of raisin with the consistency and weight of light machine oil. The final Wine was 27 degrees Baume. Apart from raisins there was toffee and maple syrup on nose and palate with a finish that went on for minutes. A truly amazing experience especially for a fortified white wine. World Class. — 8 years ago

Charles Houssa

9.2

Very local while having a pizza in Claremont — 10 years ago

Lee Sammels

9.9

Delicious deep flavour. Rich notes of dark chocolate . :) — 10 years ago

Thomas Broadhurst

9.4

Full mouthful of flavour, great softer tanna a round off the fruity first taste — 10 years ago

Jessie Sipes

9.3

2008 Cab Sav. very tasty — 11 years ago

Rubychick

9.5

Beauty of silky Rich Pedro love — 11 years ago

Blair Poynton

Winemaker Jed Wines, Marketing Old Bridge Cellars

9.6

Probably my favorite fortified wine. Layers and layers and layers.... — 12 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.2

Apéritif to an epic meal at Luxembourg. For such a sweet drink, it sure did okay in whetting our appetites.

The botrytis certainly shows. Honey, apple, grapefruit, lemon peel, musk, mineral. An almost baby pee like aroma lingers in the nose. Weighty, yet incredibly precise. Juicy fruit and spice on the palate. Racy, drawn-out acidity.

Note: Being a young Prum, I was looking out for the sponti/fermentative characters people talk about. Couldn't detect any (maybe that funk?) - likely because it has been opened for a while before I had a glass.

From RC write-up: Graacher wines typically offer greater finesse when young and are overtly more mineral noted than those of the Wehlener Sonnenuhr. They often show more citrus and fresh nectarine fruit, as well as a powdery, sorbet-like minerality that strongly differentiates them from the ripe peach fruit and the textural opulence that Wehlener Sonnenuhr wines develop with age. Graacher wines are also typically more accessible when young than those of their more famous neighbour. The slope here faces south-southwest: less westwards than the Badstube but slightly more than the Wehlener Sonnenuhr. The slope is also steeper than the
Badstube, but slightly less steep than the Wehlener Sonnenuhr. Finally the soils are also slightly deeper than the Wehlener Sonnenuhr and the gradient varies from 45% to an impressive 65% (so again, more steep than the Badstube but slightly less so than the Wehlener Sonnenuhr). Typically the most mineral tasting wine in the line up. — 9 years ago

Lee Sammels

9.1

Absolutely delicious! — 10 years ago

John Riddick

9.0

Nutty & sweet...great with the poached pears dessert — 10 years ago

Michael Giles

9.4

Love this wine it never disappoints, year in year out this wine is always good. — 11 years ago

Azlan Martin

9.5

Shuttle sweetness. Beautiful with hot foods.
— 12 years ago

Ben de Vin

8.9

This changed my opinion of the Swan Valley. There is some serious wine and this is a lovely example. — 12 years ago