Jim Barry Florita Riesling

Florita’ is Spanish for ‘little flower’. Located fifteen kilometres south of Clare township in the tiny village of Watervale, the famous Riesling vineyard was planted to Palamino in 1946 for making Fino Sherry, and replanted to Riesling in 1962. The birthplace of Leo Buring Watervale Riesling, Florita was where legendary winemaker John Vickery sourced his grapes for his great Watervale Rieslings of the 1960s and 1970s. The 80-acre vineyard was sold by globally-owned multi-national company, Lindeman's to brother's Mark, Peter and John Barry in 1986.

The Florita leaps from the glass, with white florals, orange blossom, orange rind, exotic lime, bath salts and fresh wild lavender.

Crystalline from the second the wine enters the mouth. The characters of the nose flow through to the palate, all finishing with dried lime leaves.