Former Chef Duncan Cook, turned winemaker is based on the slopes of Mount Canobolas in Orange. sitting 600 – 900 metres above sea level. The ‘Allotment’ range is the starting point for the wines. This is certainly a jewel in the line up.

Cooks Lot, Allotment 333, Riesling, Orange, 2025

Almost pale with a green highlight. Bright and fresh like a spring day. Joyful lemon/lime citrus (skin and pith) with a musky/rosewater highlight, apple flesh and tempered by a mineral salt and river stone edge. Tight and bright. Neat phenolic base to underpin the tidy varietal lines. Very good value.

RRP: $25
Alc: 11%
Rating: 94/100

Wine sample courtesy of Cook’s Lot and Define Wine