2025 Hughes & Hughes Riesling
2025 Hughes & Hughes Riesling

2025 Hughes & Hughes Riesling

94 pts
Mewstone |Tasmania |Riesling
A meticulously crafted Tasmanian Riesling that balances natural texture, vibrant acidity, and a touch of residual sweetness, made with fruit from premier cool-climate vineyards and thoughtful, small-batch techniques.
5.0
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
3 Reviews
Price:
$33.00
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Description

Jonny Hughes has carved out a reputation for making Rieslings that are far more than just squeaky-clean acid bombs. This 2025 release is a perfect example of his style - championing varietal purity while layering in the texture and complexity that makes his wines so compelling.

It is a true pan-Tasmanian blend, sourcing fruit from the Derwent Valley (56%), Tamar Valley (23%), D'Entrecasteaux Channel (13%), and the North West (8%). The winemaking is a little playful and experimental: while some fruit is whole-bunch pressed, about 10% undergoes a full skin ferment, and the rest sees 12–24 hours of skin contact. It was fermented with natural yeasts in a mix of stainless steel and seasoned barrels.

This 2025 sits comfortably in the "off-dry" spectrum, where a touch of residual sugar (around 7g/L) is left to balance the high natural acidity. It is vibrant and juicy, with bright citrus and stone fruit flavours interwoven with a savoury, textural grip from the skin contact. It is precise, complex, and incredibly smashable.

94 points - "Pale straw in the glass with aromas of freshly squeezed lime, grapefruit and green apple. Hints of citrus blossom, crushed riverstone, lemon curd, distant crushed herbs and almond paste. Plenty of limey/appley flavour here, all held in place by a stony, mineral-laden acid line. Finishes dry, long and pure." - Dave Brookes (Halliday Wine Companion)

Customer Reviews

5.0
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
Based on 3 reviews
Total 5 star reviews: 3 Total 4 star reviews: 0 Total 3 star reviews: 0 Total 2 star reviews: 0 Total 1 star reviews: 0
3 reviews
  • MW
    mark w.
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    1 year ago
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    2023 Hughes & Hughes Riesling
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Riesling perfection

    My kind of Resling, loved it! Delicate fruit flavors, good acidity, NO kerosene. Went perfectly with the Thai Dinner.

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    Sharon D.
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    4 years ago
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    2023 Hughes & Hughes Riesling
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Tasty Tassie Tweak

    Hughes bros are delivering great Tassie wine. I like this riesling as much as my Clare Valley favourites.

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  • JK
    Jo K.
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    4 years ago
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    2023 Hughes & Hughes Riesling
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    2020 Hughes and Hughes Riesling

    Beautiful balanced Riesling. Enough sugar to be easy drinking - one of the best Rieslings I’ve tried in Australia.

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Sourced from vineyards in the North West (8%), D’Entrecasteaux Channel (13%), Tamar (23%) and Derwent Valley (56%), with fruit picked between 11.0–12.5° Baumé. The grapes were whole-bunch pressed or given 12–24 hours of skin contact before a slow, natural-yeast ferment in stainless steel and barrels. Lees maturation followed before bottling, unfined and filtered.

Price Bracket $31 to $40
Type White
Body Light Bodied
Variety Riesling
Country Australia
Region Tasmania
Australian State TAS
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
Critic Score 94
Alcohol 13%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2025
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Mewstone

Mewstone Wines is a joint venture between Jonny and Matt Hughes, two Tasmanian born wine-heads, and their respective wives Margie and Cathie.

The two families have invested in a small plot of land on the banks of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel in the charmingly named locality of Flowerpot, on the south-eastern tip of Tasmania. Matt works the grapes, Jonny makes the wines, taking what he learnt from seven years as assistant winemaker at Moorilla and re-imagining it for his own label.

The Hughes & Hughes wines offer some of the best value to be found in Tasmania at the moment, and the Mewstone premium range focuses on exceptional single-vineyard wines made in a style that Jonny wants to drink. James Halliday called them, "an utterly exceptional wine producer". Keep an eye on this ambitious pair as their star continues to rise.

Jonny and Matt Hughes - Mewstone Vineyard, TAS Mewstone

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