The Wine
Inspired by the Italian Passito style, Ben has crafted a fruit driven sticky with less botrytis characteristics and more of a typical Viognier character. Indeed a fresh, fragrant style, crisp over the palate and sticky to the end! Carefully hand-picked into small crates and stacked to allow free air flow, the grapes were left for 3 weeks to dry out. Hence rack, stacked and wrinkled! These late harvested Viognier winegrapes were then crushed with care, pressed with panache and the juice joyfully let into French barriques (20% new) and left on lees for six months. As the ferment approached perfect taste pitch, the process was stopped. Yes, you can feel the zest, taste the Tangerine, and mouth the Marmalade. A perfect sticky ending!

The Vineyards
True to his winemaking philosophy, the 2010 'Sticky End' Viognier, a supremely delicate 'sticky' with finesse and elegance, is definitely a wine Ben loves to drink. And he'd like others to come to the same sticky ending. 2010 provided Ben with an abundance of outstanding Viognier winegrapes to make the fifth vintage of the Mr. Riggs 'Sticky End' Viognier. All the fruit is sourced from McLaren Vale's Goss Corner Vineyard, next door to the Mr. Riggs & Penny's Hill Cellars on Bay of Biscay black cracking clay.

 

Reviews

• 2010 Mr. Riggs ‘Sticky End’ Viognier
  Score: 90 points
  Review by: James Halliday , Australian Wine Companion 2012

 

 

$22.00 per bottle

Closure
Stelvin

Winemaker
Ben Riggs

Grape Variety
100% Viognier

Growing Region
McLaren Vale

Date Bottled
29-Nov-2010

% Alcohol
12.5

Acidity
8.18g/L

pH
3.19

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