Skillogalee has been making Sparkling Riesling since 1987. The fruit is 100% hand-picked Riesling from low yielding vines growing at just under 500m above sea level on our own vineyards near Sevenhill in the picturesque Clare Valley. Clare is, of course, renowned for its fine Riesling!

For a number of years, we called the wine 'Methode Champenoise' without identifying the grape variety in the base wine, but the name was changed some time back to 'Sparkling Riesling', firstly in the spirit of doing away with European geographical terms, and secondly from a sense of pride in the wine style we have produced.

The wine was traditionally made with a secondary, bottle fermentation and was aged on its yeast lees for 12 to 24 months before being disgorged. The nose is quite yeasty with plenty of fruit, and the palate is full, soft and flavoursome with a crisp, clean dry finish. There is plenty of fizz and the bead is quite small and of medium persistency. This current release has already started to mellow gracefully, and will continue to do so for several years to come, yielding those hints of honey and toast which are typical of aged Riesling.

Generally only around 500 cases are made each year.

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