2025 Stoney Rise Savagnin

94 pts
What a great Aussie expression of the Jura native Savagnin. crisp saline, textured, delicious.

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Winemaker Joe Holyman has never shied away from a challenge, and over the years has constantly grown his range of wines. This is another delicious example of Joe's winemaking talents.

A few years ago they heard about a former cyclist on the North-West Coast of the Apple Isle growing Savagnin. Intrigued, Joe and his wife Lou, drove up, had a look, and convinced him to sell them some fruit. This isn’t the ullaged style of the Jura, but still Savagnin in character, something that always stands apart from the minerally whites we’re so used to seeing here in Aus.

Savoury and saline, there is nice tart fruit on the nose, some, as expected, tight acidity, yet all the while, textured and quite moreish on the palate.

94 points
"Here’s an energetic and distinctive wine that’s also varietal and refreshing. Yes."
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

94 points
"It's flighty and febrile with a light pithy texture, a lick of umami, a bright mineral cadence and an ache on the exit, like letting a flake of sea salt slowly dissolve on the tongue. Such great drinking."
- Dave Brookes (Halliday Wine Companion)

94 points
"This is such a smart expression of Savagnin. Multi-dimensional, taut and tensile, structured and long. A big yes from me."
- Tom Kline (Wine Pilot)

94 points - "Granny Smith apple, a salt crusted sourdough kind of thing, pistachio nuts and chamomile, plus a little ginger. It’s light, kind of sappy, has something of lick of 9V battery energy, peanuts, lime and green apple, a slight kombucha tang here, some chalky texture, with a lively finish of excellent length. Here’s an energetic and distinctive wine that’s also varietal and refreshing. Yes." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

94 points - "Cracker! Briny, lipsmacking and distinctive drinking, with crisp apple, pear and citrus fruits, grilled nuts, margarita salt, chamomile, crème fraîche, clover blossom and sea breeze. It's flighty and febrile with a light pithy texture, a lick of umami, a bright mineral cadence and an ache on the exit, like letting a flake of sea salt slowly dissolve on the tongue. Such great drinking." - Dave Brookes (Halliday Wine Companion)

94 points - "“Delicious” was my first thought. It’s nutty and saline to begin with, in keeping with some classical tones. Cashew and macadamia work nicely with sea salt before the fruit starts to present itself in green apple, lime skin and pear. There are some delicate ginger, smoke and leesy tones that dance around the edges. The palate is lovely, fresh and vibrant with ample texture and intensity. Lime, green apple flesh and skin, and pear drop make way for salted lemon segments and similar nutty tones. The acid is incredibly saline, sprawling across the palate with briny assertion and vim, giving a pithy cut through a finish of good length. Bitter citrus preserve notes permeate the finish. This is such a smart expression of Savagnin. Multi-dimensional, taut and tensile, structured and long. A big yes from me." - Tom Kline (Wine Pilot)

92 points - "So, this 2025 Savagnin is rich and exotic and leads with notes of straw, lemon oil, white peach and green olive brine. The acidity is tight and salty and is an attractive counterweight to the rich fruit. 13% alcohol, sealed under screw cap." - Erin Larkin (The Wine Advocate)

Our 2025 Stoney Rise Savagnin has the usual saline, pistachio and ginger on the nose. The palate has a definative savoury edge to it, with some hints of lime pith and some spice, there is also some grip on the palate from the grapes being soaked in their juice for three days before ferment. The acidity is well balanced and it drives the long finish.

Price Bracket $41 to $50
Type White
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Savagnin
Country Australia
Region Tamar Valley
Australian State TAS
Reviewed By The Wine Front
Halliday Wine Companion
The Wine Advocate
Wine Pilot
Critic Score 94
Alcohol 13%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2025
Closure Screw Cap

Stoney Rise

Stoney Rise is a small winery in Tasmania's Tamar Valley that has a huge reputation.

Winemaker Joe & Lou Holyman purchased the property in 2004, a picturesque site planted to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay planted in 1986.

Since then, they have developed a keen following, producing some of the most stunning Chardonnay and Pinot Noir on the Apple Isle. Interestingly, they also have a little Gruner Veltliner and Trousseau in the ground adding a little colour to their range.

These wines fly off the shelves. And no wonder, they are right at the top of the pile in terms of quality in Tasmania at the moment, with demand far outstripping their small production each year.

Lou and Joe, and their new cellar door - Tamar Valley, Tasmania Stoney Rise

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