2024 Crawford River Strata Riesling

95 pts
The perfect introduction into the much-loved Rieslings of Crawford River.

Price:
Sale price$38.00
Stock:
Sold out
Rendering loop-subscriptions

Description

Crawford River is renowned for crafting some of Australia’s finest Rieslings, and the 2024 Strata Riesling reflects what vigneron Belinda Thomson describes as “one of the best seasons seen at Crawford River in years.”

Previously known as the Young Vines Riesling, the Strata comes from a block planted in 2000/01. The vineyard’s loam-rich soils over a limestone base lend this wine an open, expressive style. Designed to be fresh and approachable, the now-mature vines add an extra layer of depth and complexity.

The 2024 vintage bursts with aromas of white florals, stone fruit, and a hint of musk. On the palate, it’s crisp and finely textured, with a chalky minerality and a refreshing finish that lingers. This is Riesling made to enjoy now, but it has enough structure to reward a little patience.

From one of the country’s most iconic producers, the 2024 Strata Riesling is a perfect balance of elegance and drinkability.

95 points
"From a block planted in '00/'01 on loam-dominant soils. A very bright green gold. Aromatic with classic citrus fruits together with some white peach, ripe pear, orange blossom and jasmine. Mouth-wateringly juicy and delicious with an underlying, fine vein of acidity. It's super now and will continue to be so for quite some time. Yum."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)

"The 2023/24 season provided excellent growing conditions, resulting in wines with great purity and definition. It was a dream vintage for vignerons and one of the best seen at Crawford River in years."
- Belinda Thomson

95 points - "From a block planted in '00/'01 on loam-dominant soils. A very bright green gold. Aromatic with classic citrus fruits together with some white peach, ripe pear, orange blossom and jasmine. Mouth-wateringly juicy and delicious with an underlying, fine vein of acidity. It's super now and will continue to be so for quite some time. Yum." - Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)

94 points - "Flavourtown starring riesling! This has width and depth, a sumptuousness yet the tickle of brine and crushed granite minerality feels stippled through the wine. The mainstays are cumquat, green apple, a touch of blackcurrant, even some laid back tropical fruit notes and a squeeze of mandarin. It has that kind of open weave deliciousness and gulpability that urges drinking. Great to see this somewhat jazzy and looser knit riesling from this great producer. All in." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

Customer Reviews

Customer Reviews

Based on 3 reviews
100%
(3)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
R
Rowland H.
Outstanding Riesling

This is an outstanding Riesling - soft with subtle undercurrents. Always a pleasure.

W
William A.
Great

Simply delicious

W
William A.
Sexy

Just a beautiful drop the 24s are so good

2024 Strata Riesling

Season Highlights
The 2023/24 season provided excellent growing conditions, resulting in wines with great purity and definition. It was a dream vintage for vignerons and one of the best seen at Crawford River in years.

After a somewhat dry start to spring, significant rainfall in late November ensured a fabulous flowering, especially for Riesling. Brief but heavy rains in late December and early January prepared the vineyard for a dry six weeks that followed. Veraison in mid-February progressed smoothly, and nets were applied earlier than usual. Harvest began on March 21, marking the earliest pick in years, with immaculate and plentiful fruit—a welcome change after previous low-yielding seasons.

Winery Process
Both crushed and whole clusters were pressed directly to stainless steel tanks for sediment settling. A combination of spontaneous fermentation and commercial yeast was used for fermentation in steel tanks. The wine spent approximately eight weeks on lees before racking and sulphur addition. Afterward, the wine remained on fine lees for an additional month before blending and filtration. Bottled in September 2024 under screwcap. No fining agents were used.

Vineyard
This Riesling originates from a block planted in 2000/1 at the western edge of the original vineyards. While the top of the block features ironstone-rich gravelly ridges, most of it consists of loamy soils over a limestone base. These unique factors, along with microclimatic influences, produce an expressive and generous wine, especially as a young vintage.

Winemaker’s Notes
This wine showcases intense white floral aromas with a powdery musk perfume and fresh white peach notes. It has a chalky texture balanced by a long line of natural acidity and inherent minerality. The salivating acidity is complemented by a soft, supple roundness, making it utterly delicious for drinking.

Technical Details
• Name: Strata Riesling 2024
• Bottling Date: September 2024
• Closure: Screwcap

Price Bracket $31 to $40
Type White
Body Light Bodied
Variety Riesling
Country Australia
Region Henty
Australian State VIC
Feature Women in Wine
High Score
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
The Wine Front
Critic Score 95
94
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
Closure Screw Cap

Crawford River

Crawford River is very much a family operation. The talented Thomson clan have been producing wine from their beautiful home vineyard since 1985.

The Bordeaux varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc thrive on the estate, but it's Riesling that they are most famous for.

They produce a range of styles of varying ages that are outstanding. Many consider them as one of the country's premier producers of the noble variety.

These are wines of purity and elegance. Small-batch, family-owned, traditional winemaking and good, honest farming is at the core of everything Crawford River does.

Belinda and John Thomson - Henty, VIC Crawford River

Others also liked

Recently viewed

Common Questions

Delivery is free on orders of $199 or more.

For orders under this amount, delivery is calculated at checkout based on your postcode. You can order in any quantity or combination of wines you like. Straight dozens are not required.

We will dispatch your order the same or next business day.

Estimated delivery transit time varies depending on your location. Please review this page for specific estimates.

No sorry we do not have a store front and pickup is not available.

Yes, no problem. When placing your order select ‘Store at Different Drop and Delivery Later’ as your shipping method or reply to the order confirmation email after placing your order with additional instructions.

We stock three different sized gift boxes (single, three bottle and six), all are available for purchase for a flat rate of $8. They look great and make an awesome impression.

To add a gift box to your order, simply add at checkout. The special requests box is your friend, please give us as many details of what you are looking for and we will try our best, or get in contact to discuss it with you. 

If you want to bulk order gifts or if you have any trouble please email hello@differentdrop.com or call and we can try and help.

 

Our warehouse is automated so unless you tell us otherwise, we will ship your order. If you would like us to hold your order please reply to the order confirmation email after placing your order and we are happy to store your order for up to 6 months at no charge. You can review our heat policy here.

Yes, of course. We want Different Drop customers to always be getting the best price. You can see our price match policy here.

No, feel free to mix it up! There is no minimum requirement. You can order wines in any quantity or combination, 1 or 50+ bottles.

No, all prices are set at the full discounted dozen rate already.

Most wine retailers list at a single-bottle price and then discount 10–15% when you buy six or twelve. We've taken the opposite approach. Since the overwhelming majority of our orders are already 6 bottles or more, our list price is set for the case buyer from the start. There's no inflated single-bottle price to discount down from.

What that means for you:

- One price, same for everyone — no minimum to hit to unlock the best rate
- No mixed-six gymnastics to qualify for a discount
- Our single-bottle price is typically at or below a traditional retailer's by-the-dozen rate

Put simply: the box discount is already baked into the price.

**And if you find it cheaper elsewhere?** Let us know. If the same wine is available at a lower price at another retailer (including at their mixed-six or by-the-dozen rate) we're happy to match it.

If you can't add more wine to your cart it means we are low on stock of that wine. For example, if you are only able to 3 bottles and no more that means we only have 3 bottles left of that wine. If it's a must have, please contact us and we may be able to order more in for you.

Regular Enquiries

Urgent Enquiries

02 8376 8775