A dry winter in 2007 was followed by some unusually cold spring weather in October which combined to reduce cropping levels. A benign late spring and early summer allowed for even and clean fruit development and harvest of Riesling began in early March.
The 2008 season has delivered us fine and linear Riesling fruit flavours and is destined to become one of the finest of vintages for Riesling.
The fruit for our MadFish Riesling is sourced from a variety of vineyards through the subregions of Great Southern: Mount Barker, Frankland River and the Porongurups.
Mount Barker tends to provide fruit with a racy lime and lemon character overlayed with talc and bath salts. Frankland River provides a little more generosity and riper characters with a more perfumed nose and the Porongurups gives tight and elegant fruit with a wonderfully floral nose and mineral palate.