
Riesling
Riesling is a white grape that is famous for its intense aromatics and crisp acidity. Riesling was the most planted white grape in Australia until the early 1990s when Chardonnay took over. Riesling flourishes in the Clare Valley, particularly Watervale, around the Polish Hill River, and in the cooler Eden Valley. Riesling is also being grown with increasing popularity in the Western Australia regions Albany, Frankland River and Porongorup. Australian Rieslings are noted for their citrus/lime fruit flavours in their youth and a smooth balance of freshness, lanolin and acid as they age. Australian botrytized Rieslings have immense levels of flavour concentration with beautiful acid and structure.
Riesling was first planted in New Zealand in the 1970s and has flourished in the relatively cool climates of the Marlborough, Central Otago area and for late harvests in the Nelson region.
Alsace is famous for producing outstanding Riesling from dry austere to Vendages Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles. They tend to be fuller, more savoury and viscous wines than those of other countries.
In Germany, Riesling constitutes around 20% of total plantings. The best examples are planted on south-facing slate-rich slopes. Germany produces many different styles from dry perfumed wines with racy, mineral acidity to exotically lush flavours of their great late harvest wines.
Riesling was first planted in New Zealand in the 1970s and has flourished in the relatively cool climates of the Marlborough, Central Otago area and for late harvests in the Nelson region.
Alsace is famous for producing outstanding Riesling from dry austere to Vendages Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles. They tend to be fuller, more savoury and viscous wines than those of other countries.
In Germany, Riesling constitutes around 20% of total plantings. The best examples are planted on south-facing slate-rich slopes. Germany produces many different styles from dry perfumed wines with racy, mineral acidity to exotically lush flavours of their great late harvest wines.
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- Road to Enlightenment Riesling is regional and varietally expressive - full of character and exceptionally drinkable. Sourced from a combination of older and younger vines in the heart of the Clare Valley, just off the Horrocks Highway to the north ... Learn MoreRoad To Enlightenment Riesling 2021$14.99 Per item
- The 2019 vintage was named in James Hallidays Top 100 wines October 2019. This wine is offering great vibrancy and freshness now, but will also develop beautifully with age. Bright ripe lemon fruit characters dominate the palate and crisp minerally acid forms the ... Learn MoreThorn Clarke 'Sandpiper' Riesling 2021$17.99 Per item
- Made to enjoy in its youth the Rocky Gully Riesling displays generosity of flavour and delicacy making it an ideal accompaniment with a wide range of foods and occasions. Fresh pear and citrus blossom aromas, as well as bath salt ... Learn MoreFrankland Estate 'Rocky Gully' Riesling 2021$17.99 Per item
- Jaeschke’s Hill River Clare Estate is a family owned single vineyard located in the Polish Hill River Valley, 6kms South-East of Clare. This Riesling shows fragrant floral & tropical fruit aromas on the nose, followed by a typical Polish Hill ... Learn MoreJaeschkes Hill River Clare Riesling 2019$18.00 Per item
- WINNER; James Halliday's Wine Companion 2020 WINERY OF THE YEAR! The Watervale Riesling is picked from a special part of the Florita vineyard in Watervale. This famous Riesling vineyard usually achieves full ripeness, with high natural acid levels. The nose displays ... Learn MoreJim Barry Watervale Riesling 2021$18.90 Per item
- Sourced from three higher altitude and well established Eden Valley vineyards just below 600 metres. The nose is very fresh and restrained, tending towards citrus with subtle floral notes. The palate is elegant and pure with a core of delicate citrus ... Learn MoreWoods Crampton White Label Riesling 2020$18.99 Per item
- A precise portrait of Eden Valley riesling achieved despite a torrid growing season, the downside the miserable size of the yield, the upside its floral lime/lemon aromas, the palate with marvellous juicy flavours framed by mouthwatering acidity. - James ... Learn MoreVickery Eden Valley Riesling 2021$22.99 Per item
- There’s a generosity to this wine, opening with lime, lemon and apple blossom, then throwing in hints of spice and lemon zest. The palate picks up the pace with flavours from here, there and everywhere. - James Halliday John ... Learn MoreVickery WaterVale Riesling 2020$22.99 Per item
- Some Young Punks' texture-rich, zingy and citrussy Riesling is sourced from a single site north of the Watervale township. Peach flesh with strong lime and lemon zest on the nose. The balance is superb, and the wine tastes like a ... Learn MoreSYP Monsters Attack Riesling 2020$23.99 Per item
- These slowly-ripened grapes develop pure fruit flavours, fresh natural acidity and are perfect for making seriously good wines. ... Learn MoreFrogmore Creek Riesling 2019$24.99 Per item
- WINNER; James Halliday's Wine Companion 2020 WINERY OF THE YEAR! Sourced from both the prestigious Watervale sub region and the Barry’s own 40 yr old Lodge Hill vineyard in the Clare Valley. The palate shows lime citrus peel and ginger. There ... Learn More
- The fruit is sourced from 2 distinguished vineyard sites in the Clare Valley. The main part is sourced from a premium vineyard owned by the famous Koerner family which also sells fruit to wineries such as Vickery, Adelina and Leo Buring. ... Learn MoreAtlas Watervale Riesling 2021$24.99 Per item
- Made from the family vineyard, White Hutt, Clare Valley. The heavy red clay soils contribute to the fruit intensity of this wine. No.3 is a fruit driven style of Riesling. Classic flavours of this vineyard include ripe lemon and limes ... Learn MoreNo.3 Clare Valley Riesling 2021$24.99 Per item
- Small, high quality fruit selection from our cool climate vineyard. This wine has fresh floral aromas, crisp lime and lemon flavours with a lingering dry finish. Enjoy this "rare drop" from Mount Barker, where world quality Riesling is produced. A ... Learn MoreGilbert Riesling 2019$24.99 Per item
- These slowly-ripened grapes develop pure fruit flavours, fresh natural acidity and are perfect for making seriously good wines. Very floral aromas dominated by honeysuckle. The Palate has good balanced sugar, acid with fresh lime flavours. FGR is a wine acronym ... Learn MoreFrogmore Creek 'Fgr' Riesling 2018$24.99 Per item
- Pristine, fragrant white peach and chalky mineral tones collide in this dry, fresh-fruited Riesling. Steely on the finish, it's a remarkable value for a sophisticated yet easy-drinking wine that's likely to please many. Best enjoyed young. - Wine Enthusiast This ... Learn MoreDr L Dry Riesling 2020$25.00 Per item
- This year the Watervale is a blend of two vineyards: blocks G11 and G6 from the Gullyview vineyard and as of 2021 the Kloock vineyard enters to story. A bit of history… Fruit from Gullyview G6 went into the Rieslings John ... Learn MoreAdelina Watervale Riesling 2021$25.00 Per item
- This is just gorgeous–superb lime zest and sherbet aromatics lead to a fleshy yet juicy, sappy and driven palate with fabulous depth and loads of character and length. Subtle kaffir lime, jasmine and saline notes build as this sits ... Learn MoreAdelina Polish Hill River Riesling 2021$25.00 Per item
- Fruit from Frankland River. The fruit was picked at night when the natural sugar levels and the acid is wonderfully balance. Only the free run juice was retained and vinified at cool temperatures to preserve varietal flavours and aromas. The ... Learn MorePlan B 'Od' Riesling 2019$25.00 Per item
- James Halliday: Grapes for this Riesling were carefully sourced from the vineyards Powderbank and Hayview in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Only the free run juice was retained and vinified at cool temperatures to capture the pristine varietal ... Learn MorePlan B Riesling 2019$25.00 Per item
- Rieslings from Eden Valley are highlighted by their unusually low alcohol. The long cool Indian Summer of 2018 helped produce a wine that will age with grace. There are typical southern Eden Valley citrus characters of lemon, lime and grapefruit together ... Learn MoreHead Wines Riesling 2021$25.99 Per item
- Pale yellow colour, with a lifted fragrance of fresh flowers and whispers of citrus blossoms. It's very young and bright, will live long and reward cellaring, and it is delicious now. The balance is superb. - Huon Hooke Refreshing and ... Learn MoreChaffey Bros. Wine Co Tripelpunkt Riesling 2019$26.00 Per item
- Smells of wet stone and talc mixed with yellow citrus peel and floral tones jump from the glass. A juicy crystalline Riesling on both the nose and palate. The mouth feel is textural and juicy with a long finish of ... Learn MoreFrankland Estate Riesling 2021$26.99 Per item
- Sparkling Riesling from Australia is a rarity so it was with interest that this ‘pet-nat’ from Orange in New South Wales was approached. Lemon-lime scents, sniffs of cookie dough and ginger., but once on the palate its prickly acidity amplifies ... Learn MoreGilbert Pétillant-Naturel Riesling 2021$26.99 Per item
- 100% hand picked, 100% whole bunch pressed - just the freerun juice is used. On yeast lees for 4 months before bottling. The nose is pure and fresh. It is dominated by citrus aromas along with hints of green apple and floral blossom. ... Learn MoreWoods Crampton 'Black Label' Riesling 2019$28.00 Per item
- An approachable fruit driven style with good acid and backbone. Sourced from our long term growers in Eden Valley, the Milton Tscharke family. Planted on an Eastern facing slope the fruit avoids the harsh afternoon sun. With crisp apple, lemon ... Learn MoreCorryton Burge Eden Valley Riesling 2021$28.00 Per item
- The 2019 Riesling is a fine and delicate wine with lovely aromatics and a minerally/slatey palate. The nose displays aromas of lime leaf and jasmine with some spiced apple characters, whilst the palate shows mineral characteristics with fantastic fruit purity ... Learn MoreHolm Oak Riesling 2020$28.00 Per item
- Rockford Wines is a wine producer based in Australia's iconic Barossa Valley. It was founded in the early 1980s by Robert O'Callaghan and is one of Australia's more well-known wineries, making top Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon wines. O'Callaghan began as ... Learn MoreRockford Vine Vale Riesling 2017$29.99 Per item
- The fruit was hand harvested early in the morning into small bins before rapid transportation to the winery. Following a chill overnight at seven degrees overnight the fruit was whole bunch pressed. Only the finest free run (less than five ... Learn MoreWoods Crampton 'Black Label' Riesling 2020$29.99 Per item
- 100% estate-grown, single-vineyard, certified biodynamic Riesling from soils that are predominantly silty grey gravelly loam over sandstone with some clay loam patches. The fruit is hand picked, then fruit is sorted by hand on a vibrating table. Tasmania’s ultra cool ... Learn MoreStefano Lubiana Riesling 2019$32.99 Per item
- Mitchell Watervale Riesling is crafted in the same traditional, low intervention style that has been used consistently for the past 40 years. The vines are low yielding with small berries, but show a wonderful depth of flavour that remains consistent year ... Learn MoreMitchell Watervale Riesling 2019$32.99 Per item
- A generous opulent style Riesling with an aromatic drive of pink grapefruit, florals, green apple and a lift of tropical guava. Generous flavours of citrus and tropical fruit to open, tied together by a loosely woven framework of zippy acid. ... Learn MoreJim Barry 'Single Vineyard' Riesling 2020$33.00 Per item
- “Ive always loved Eden Valley riesling, always wanted to work with it. The vineyard needed a fair bit of work so we really worked the site, it needed some help, but it’s a beauty of a site; the vines ... Learn MorePowell & Son Riesling 2014$34.99 Per item
- A Riesling full of peach and lime scents. The palate presents itself with a juicy yet delicate and elegant minerality. Moderate in alcohol, the play between sweet and sour awards it with finesse and lightness, a distinct characteristic of the ... Learn MoreJuwel Rheinhessen Riesling 2020$34.99 Per item
- Once labelled Ceres pronounce ‘Series’, now Dicey, the family name. All the more exciting considering Dicey literally translates to…. Risky and potentially dangerous. Watch out and watch this space. With 17 to 18 year old vineyards, it’s a great starting point ... Learn MoreDicey Riesling 2020$35.00 Per item
- Koyama Mountford was planted in 1991 on an enviable calcareous scree embedded in the north-western face of the eastern Waipara Valley. A substrata of marl brimming with plentiful active limestone, it is known as ‘The Golden Mile’. Waxy honeydew and citrus ... Learn MoreKoyama Tussock Terrace Riesling 2018$35.00 Per item
- With a light yellow-green hue, this lovely wine has spice, honey, vanilla nuances adding to its lemon-citrus bouquet. Juicy fruit and subtle sweetness are superbly balanced. It’s delicious now but will blossom given more time. It won two trophies ... Learn MorePressing Matters R69 Riesling 2017$35.99 Per item
- Steve has always loved Riesling and in a formative moment early in his career in a well know Adelaide bar he was introduced to and subsequently fell hard for a German Riesling made by J.J Prum. You could say ... Learn MoreS.C. Pannell Riesling 2018$36.80 Per item
- With its first vintage in 2012, ‘Alea’ is the most recent addition to the Grosset stable. Made in the style of the Rieslings of Germany and Austria, it has attractive lemon blossom on a first swirl, there’s a hint of ... Learn MoreGrosset 'Alea' Riesling 2020$36.99 Per item
- An incredibly highly awarded wine, including; Trophy - Limestone Coast Wine Show and Trophy - Rutherglen Wine Show as well as 96 points from Huon Hooke's Real Review. Huon gave the previous Cellar Release (2012) 92, so this is an even better example! ... Learn MorePatrick Of Coonawarra Cellar Release Riesling 2014$39.00 Per item