Critic Scores:

• 93 – Huon Hooke, The Real Review

This historic bottle marks the absolute debut vintage of Jeffrey Grosset’s European-inspired off-dry style, grown in the hard red rock and lean orange-red loam of the Alea Vineyard in Watervale. Originally released simply as the "Grosset Off-Dry Riesling" before being formally renamed Alea in 2012, the 2010 vintage benefited from a beautifully balanced, low-yielding Clare Valley season that locked in high natural acidity. In the glass, it has developed into a deeper golden-straw hue.

The bouquet has evolved magnificently with age, unfurling a sophisticated aromatic architecture of kaffir lime zest and lemon pith layered with rich notes of toast, dried honey, lemongrass, and petroleum wax.

The palate is beautifully resolved, where the wine's original 15 grams per litre of residual sugar has leaned out to feel incredibly integrated and seamless. The texture is soft, juicy, and slightly oily across the middle, held in perfect tension by a piercing, mineral-backed spine of acidity that finishes crisp and focused.

Leading from Huon Hooke highlight its "honey and sweet citrus blossom aromas, a glorious nose!" that showcases the variety's profound capacity for evolution.