2013 Jim Barry Spring Farm Block No. 18 Riesling

Focused lime and citrus fruits complexed by a multitude of tertiary elements within a tense waxy feel.

Brilliant pale straw core with gleaming green tinged edges and a watery hue. Intense lime and citrus aromas are welded to oily toast, kerosene, lemon butter, faint bees wax and spice notes. Focused lime and citrus fruits remain in the drivers seat with notions of bees wax, oily toast like characters, lemon butter and wet steel extending across the back half. Precise acidity finishing very dry and tense with a waxy feel.
Drink over the next 3-4 years.
Alc. 12%

Other Reviews….
Superb aged riesling, always released to excellent effect following a decade of bottle age. Light-weighted, with an intensity of flavor and precision that belies its balletic gait. Think spiced quince, honeydew, candied citrus, lemon balm and a faint whiff of kerosene. Yet there is nothing untoward here. The acidity is nicely nestled into what feels like an almost plump mid-palate after the effects of ageing. This is a cooler block on this esteemed site, its wine really sitting pretty. Drink now. Screw cap.
96 Points
JamesSuckling.com

A very mature release here. Patience from the Barry family, delivered to you. Magnificent. Complex, supple and loaded with honey toast, truffle and sugared almond. The calling cards of lime, preserved lemon and spicy ginger work their magic in bouquet and palate. A gourmet wine, with so much going on in each mouthful and plenty to savour. Complexity, structure and vitality all here, too. This is a superb cellar release. Drink by 2030.
95 Points
Mike Bennie – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

Australian wine producers do love having the word ‘block’ in a wine name. I’ll knock your flamin’ block off you drongo. Vineyard sits at 497 metres above sea level. Planted in 1979.
Lime, lemon zest, honey, quince, mint, a discreet petrol top note, slightly spicy too. It has more flavour and less overt acidity than the Block 114, a lick of spice and dried peel, some toasty complexity, with some Bickford’s lime cordial on a dry finish of excellent length and dusty grip.
Very good aged Clare Riesling, and distinctive in that style. Drink 2023-2033+
95 Points
Gary Walsh – The Wine Front