(New Zealand) Slate, steel, green apples, nuts, peach and floral perfume. Very nice effort loaded with lovely sweet tropical fruit. Has a pure finish. Alc: 12%.

The 2008 Brightwater Riesling gives intense lemon lime aromas with some slate, orange blossom and coriander seed. Crisp, tight and still very youthful in the mouth, this is a light to medium bodied dry style with a hint of sweetness (8 grams per liter of residual sugar). The finish is long and long and steely. It is refreshing now but should mellow with another year in bottle, drinking to 2016+. Importer: The Country Vintner; www.countryvintner.com.au