2013 Sigurd Barossa Riesling Gewurztraminer

The 2013 Sigurd Barossa Riesling Gewurztraminer comes with a handwritten-style white muted-texturde paper wraparound label with Sigurd in sunshine yellow. Sigurd seems only to have a Facebook page at the moment. But the young winemaker of Jilly Wines, Jared Dixon, with a home-base at Clunes Cellars on the far north coast of NSW, tells me this is another young winemaking friend of his making his wine in the South Australia's Barossa, Williamstown specifically. This Sigurd white is bottled with cork and wax as are Jilly wines. If you're thinking Riesling and Gewurzt are an intriguing combination, especially given wild ferment, you'd be right with this wine. Its perfume is that of Scheherazade's storying telling in 10001 Nights, as it smells of honey mead, with lavender, cinnamon and more sweet spice. In colour it is more golden than Australian Riesling on its own is, and, with its non-filtered status, has a cloudy body in this instance. The palate is noticeable – intriguing, unforgettable. Combining jube, lemon, almond paste and aniseed, it is just luscious enough but  restrained for credulity – to keep you coming back for more.