Primo Estate founder and winemaker Joe Grilli pioneered the technique of culturing Botrytis Cinerea spores in the lab then inoculating pristine Riesling
grapes with the pure strain of Botrytis. Since 1981 La Magia Botrytis Riesling Traminer has been regarded as one of Australia’s finest sweet white wines.
85% Botrytis Riesling from Clarendon, 15% Late harvest Traminer from Coonawarra
The nose is saturated with floral and summer fruit characters: fresh and lifted. The floral intensity really stands out with delicious honeysuckle rose and orange blossom characters. Succulent mandarin and apricot fruit balanced with generous amounts of fresh zippy acid shine through on the palate. More intense Riesling flavours than in previous years from the mineral character of the Clarendon fruit.
Stunning young, La Magia will also age gracefully over many years, taking on honey like complexity and richness Alc. 11.0% Residual Sugar 157 g/l
It's good to see this sweetie again, the last in 2013 - made from riesling off the estate's Angel Gully vineyard at Clarendon and the 15% traminer from the Barossa Valley. A subtle mix of lemon barley cordial, Middle Eastern rose water, apricots, quince paste and saffron with the sweet palate reined in by tingling acidity.
Jane Faulkner Australian Wine Companion 1 August 2017