2022 Mount Horrocks Watervale Riesling

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Benchmark Clare Valley Riesling, pure, driven and powerfully refreshing.
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Watervale is one of the marquee Riesling sub-regions of the Clare Valley. It's a region known for its elite fruit purity, particularly in Riesling.

This Riesling from Stephanie Toole at Mount Horrocks typifies this wine style. This organically grown fruit is some of the best the region has to offer and is consistently ranked amongst the top echelon of Australian Riesling.

It's a blistering wine, built as much for longevity as excellent drinking in its youth. Impeccable Clare Valley Riesling at its most pure and refined.

A Riesling purists dream.

Mount Horrocks' Watervale Riesling Vineyard is a very high (475 metre) vineyard planted on red loam over limestone, a profile that occurs throughout the sub-region and considered to be ‘classic' for Watervale riesling.

Enticing spring florals and lime. Delicate, coiled spring-like ready to expand with time. Classic citrus and mineral tones, all texture and length, vibrant and moreish. Will age in the long term: 15 years plus.

The 2022 Mount Horrocks Watervale Riesling is a beautiful, delicious wine, its concentration reflecting the carefully managed crop load and excellent health of the vines. The intensity of flavour and balance this wine exhibits are a delight – a convincingly drink-me-now wine that will age beautifully.

Region: Clare Valley, SA
Blend: Riesling (100%)
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Closure: 750ml
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96 Points - Top 100 Wines of 2022 - "Very much on song with its white flower, apple and lime blossom aromas. While it isn't the least uncertain in the mouth, it grows rapidly on the back palate and finish, with palpable structure to its lime-drenched flavours and acidity." - James Halliday (Halliday Wine Companion)

96 Points - <p class="p1">"If you can count on something, it is that the Mount Horrocks Rieslings are on point every vintage that goes by. This 2022 Watervale Riesling is as tight and as focused as I've seen it, and the laser beam of acidity that points across the mouth and down into the throat is as pronounced as Batman's Klieg light over Gotham. The wine is restrained and determined in the mouth, outlaying fleshy lime zest, preserved lemon, green apples and crushed chalk. It is a marvel, and we know these wines age with ease, especially under the STELVIN closure. Drink it whenever it brings you pleasure." - Erin Larkin (Robert Parker Wine Advocate)

95 Points - "Plenty of bath salts, spice and perfume, lime and lime zest. It's juicy, a distinct lime zest and gin and tonic sort of flavour, chalky texture, quite intense, fennel, and a juicy/crunchy finish of excellent length. Packed with Watervale goodness. Lovely." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

95 Points - "Very light yellow colour; very expressive aromas of dried and fresh florals with a yeasty young-wine ferment overtone, the palate lean and racy with crisp acidity on a properly dry-balanced structure, with a long and gently firm finish thanks to a whisper of tannin. There is richness and generosity at the heart of this wine, and strong aging potential." - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

95 Points - "A stunning example of this excellent vintage for Clare Valley dry riesling! The enticing nose of spring blossoms, hibiscus and lime cordial pulls you into this concentrated and impeccably balanced, medium- to full-bodied wine, with stacks of lime and blood-orange character. Just a touch of tannin supports the very long and polished finish." - James Suckling

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