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97
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96
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95
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95
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Tasting Notes
An outstanding limited release Riesling of the highest echelon, regularly acknowledged among the finest in Australia and admired around the world.
One the nose it is super-fragrant – floral aromatics leap from the glass. The palate follows with crunchy crisp lemon-lime juiciness, steely, slate mineral tones and a really long line of acidity.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity
Classification: White
Variety: Riesling
Vintage: 2024
Bottle Size: 750ml (Bottle)
Country: Australia
Region: South Australia, Clare Valley
Alcohol %: 12.7%
Cellaring: 10-15 Years
Scores
97 / 100"97 points and Top 100 Wines for 2024 and Top 20 Whites over $35 by Nick Ryan, The Weekend Australian Magazine “Living in a wine region has its advantages. During harvest this year I bumped into winemaker Stephanie Toole in the greengrocers and she had a smile on her face that only just fit through the door. “We’ve just picked the best riesling fruit I’ve seen in my life,” she told me. Some winemakers can gild the lily but Toole isn’t one of them, and that early excitement becomes truth in this wine. Simply exceptional.”"
- Nick Ryan
96 / 100
""Wow! What a gorgeous wine this is. The 2024 Watervale Riesling leads with lemon sherbet and scratched citrus peel, coiled saline acidity, white flowers, and chalk. It is long, fine, and lingering but also focused, precise, and authoritative. Mount Horrocks is a superb, high-quality producer in Watervale, and amongst those who know, winemaker/owner Stephanie Toole is a beacon for precise, attention-to-detail winemaking. Overlook at your own peril. This is a standout and pure pleasure to drink." - Erin Larkin (The Wine Advocate)"
- Erin Larkin
95 / 100
""The cool 2024 season was particularly spectacular in the Clare Valley, translated impeccably by Stephanie Toole in a riesling of pristine purity, deep concentration, and profound endurance. Pitch-perfect granny smith apple and lime build a palate of considerable presence, traced with natural acidity of heightened cut and tension." - Tyson Stelzer (October 2024)"
- Tyson Stelzer
95 / 100
"'Mount Horrocks Watervale Riesling 2024 is a banger. It tastes of slate, lime, chalk, and something more floral—pink and white flowers, like marshmallows in bloom. There’s good intensity to this wine, but it’s more about flow, feel, and length. Yes. Absolutely yes.""
- Campbell Mattinson
