Dr. Edge East Riesling 2020

Dr. Edge East Riesling 2020

Dr Edge East Riesling is made from hand picked grapes from the Freycinet vineyard.  Pressed to old oak casks, the juice is fermented naturally, matured for 9 months on lees with some casks containing small amounts of whole clusters. Bottled without fining.

Exhilarating and taut, with refreshing acidity.  Green apples, grapefruit and fresh ginger.

About Dr Edge

Dr. Edge is winemaker Peter Dredge.  In a variety of roles, and with a winemaking foray to Germany in the mix, Dredge spent 12 years at Petaluma, before resigning and heading to Tasmania to take up the Senior Winemaker role for Bay of Fires. That tenure saw him exposed to the breadth and detail of grape-growing in Tasmania.

This led, in the end, to Dredge’s own project under the Dr Edge moniker, where he sourced pinot noir grapes from three vineyards to make single-site expressions from the north, east and south of Tassie – same clone, made in the same way, but different soils and locations – with a blend of the three making up the quartet.

Dredge makes wines to his own sensibilities, favouring lithe and detailed expressions, with a Germanic accent to the Riesling and distinctly Northern Rhône take on the Syrah.

• Dr. Edge East Riesling 2020