Mmm, another Tamar Ridge wine.  It is purely coincidental that I’ve looked at two Tamar Ridge Kayena Vineyard offerings: it is not, I suspect, coincidental that they are both delicious.  This riesling is full-bodied, sharp and exuberant (to the extent that a liquid in a nice glass can be exuberant), with really bold passionfruit and lime notes.

There’s a sharpness on the very first note: an acidity that manages to be attention-getting without being distracting (like a pinch on the bottom).  This is immediately followed up by a smooth flush of passionfruit and pineapple notes.  Then the final notes are of lime and an echo of the passionfruit notes.  Really delicious. The passionfruit notes are a particular surprise, since the aroma only suggests lime and pineapple, with maybe a subtle, restrained thread of lemongrass.

This is an arresting, well-structured wine that is both refreshing and enticing.  I almost regret opening it, since it’s the middle of winter and I’m sitting on a couch in the dark: to do this wine justice, I really ought to be sitting on a deck, in the shade, in a summer sunset, chatting while we wait for dinner.  I should probably be wearing a flamboyant hat, too.  However, the wine manages to evoke these sensations in me, even though I am as far removed from such circumstances as possible.  I consider this a credit to the winemakers.  Once again, hats off to Tamar Ridge.