From the shallow rocky soils of the Eden Valley, the Wigan Riesling has become one of Australia;s most celebrated wines.
Named after its winemaker, Andrew Wigan who until his recent retirement had a hand in every Peter Lehman vintage from its first in 1980, it is only released after 5 years from vintage to capture the wines full potential.
Andrew ‘Wigs’ Wigan revolutionised white winemaking and championed the Riesling grape and his eponymous wine has been named IWSC ‘Best Riesling in the World’ six times and accumulated more than 80 trophies since its inaugural vintage.
This 2005 wigan is a masterpiece and is perfectly described up by the winemaker, Andrew Wigan: ‘They commence life as wines of great purity and end up as wines of great complexity’. This 05 is exactly that! Lemon, lime and honey on the nose intermingled with that unique aged riesling character. The palate is still crisp and fresh but developed with gorgeous flavours of lemon, toast, lime and spice with toasted honey characters persisting onto the back palate. The finish reinforces these flavours and it is so so long.
Simply magnificent aged Eden Valley Riesling from the Master.