MISHA’S VINEYARD LYRIC RIESLING 2022

Winery notes (2022 Vintage)
"Lyric is the songlike quality in poetry, the pleasing succession of sounds in music, and a lyric soprano is a voice of light and unforced quality. So it’s the perfect name for a wine that is pure, expressive yet restrained.

Dark limes, orange zest and nutmeg on the nose, the elegant and refined palate has a ripe fruit density balancing its long satisfyingly dry and refreshing finish."

5 Stars & 96/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, October 2023 (2022 Vintage)
"It’s pure, poised and finely scented on the nose, showing crunchy apple, lemon pith, green rockmelon and white floral nuances, leading to an impressively linear palate that’s juicy and bright. Splendidly structured by vibrant acidity, finishing persistent and refined. Style: Dry. At its best: 2024 to 2034."

Rated Outstanding & 95/100 Cameron Douglas MS, October 2023 (2022 Vintage)
"Fantastic aromatics of fresh, ripe citrus and white fleshed stone fruits, lemon and green apple, green pear and apricot stone. Aromas of white blossoms and core of minerality step out and stand tall within the bouquet. Salivating and crisp textures touch the palate first with a saline, high acid backbone, contrasting. An exacting wine perfect as an aperitif style and easily matches myriad seafood and fresh hors d'oeuvre type dishes. Best drinking from late 2024 through 2034+."

5 Stars & 18.5+/20 (94) Candice Chow, Raymond Chan Reviews, November 2023 (2022 Vintage)
"Bright, even, pale yellow with a light green hue. The nose is gently full and bright, with aromas of apple, lime, lime blossom and zest. Medium-bodied, bone-dry to taste, aromas of red apple and lime entwined with blossom, zest and saline. The fruit shows concentration and zingy acidity rushed through a refined mouthfeel, enlivening the palate with precision and length, carrying an appetizing finish. Match with steamed clams and grilled swordfish over the next 5+ years. Handpicked, after a few hours of skin contact, whole bunch pressed, 69% of the juice was fermented cool in stainless steel to dry, 31% was fermented spontaneously in French oak barrels."

Joelle Thomson, drinksbiz Magazine October/November 2024 (2022 Vintage)
Central Otago has always captured the minds and palates of Pinot Gris lovers in Aotearoa New Zealand and this wine, from a sloping hillside vineyard in Bendigo, proves the point. Winemaker Olly Masters fermented 57% of the grapes in stainless steel at cool temperatures to retain fruit freshness (white pear and white peach) with the balance fermented in old French hogshead barrels (43%) with indigenous yeasts. The result is a wine of textural depth and a medium body in a dry style with 3.4 grams RS per litre."