This Sauvignon Blanc from the Adelaide Hills performs exceptionally well. It produces the right balance of ripe gooseberry fruits, fresh herbs and citrus acidity. Clean, crisp and refreshing, this savvy is a mouthful.

Fresh lemon and lime fruit flavours delight in this gorgeous Clare Valley wine. Knappstein continue their philosophy to produce the best of Clare Valley handcrafted wines. Clare Valley where a gorgeous white blossom fragrance is typical for many rieslings, this has all your classic lime and citrus notes with trademark varietal acidity but no severity. Crisp and pure now, Knappstein reflects this to perfection.

Continuing the tradition of rich full bodied Clare reds this Cabernet Sauvignon shows ripe blackberry aromas and generous flavour with a touch of cedary oak and fine tannins.

The St Andrews Cabernet from Taylors has fine tannins and opulent cassis and fresh blackberry fruit are combined with cedar oak notes that make for a lovely drinking wine for now or something for the medium term section of your cellar.

An incredible opportunity, this taster's choice No. 53 Riesling is from a single vineyard of high quality from the Watervale end of the Clare Valley. Lemon and lime aroma with fine acidity structure and a good finish.

"The high prices paid across Australia for riesling suggests its long-discussed renaissance is now a fact, and the price of this wine is further evidence. From a small single block, its calling card is the perfumed bouquet and delicate, but long, palate with lacy acidity." 96 points, James Halliday Wine Companion, August 2017.

Naked Run Wines The First Riesling, Clare Valley Naked Run is the Clare Valley label of Steve and Laura Baraglia. The First Riesling, made from 100% free-run juice, comes from their Hill 5 vineyard in the Sevenhill district of the Clare Valley. The site is elevated, at 475 metres, and therefore relatively cool, with red-grey loam over a sandstone and slate/shale subsoil that gives minerality. The fruit is harvested at night, when cool, and processed quickly to minimise skin contact. Steve and Laura Baraglia live on their Sevenhill vineyard in the heart of the Clare Valley with their three children, Mason, Buddy and Evie. After a gentle pressing and three days cold settling, the juice is fermented until dry, stabilized and left on yeast lees for three months before filtering and bottling. The First Riesling is pale straw in colour and typically displays delicate floral, perfume and bath salt aromas and a palate dominated by lemon and lime. The wine has a steely acid backbone which offers a firm assurance that it will age elegantly for many years from vintage.

RIPOSTE BY TIM KNAPPSTEIN The Scimitar Riesling, Clare Valley