2025 Watervale Riesling
Adelina, Clare Valley, South Australia, Australia
- Dean Kloock's vineyard in Watervale: 29-year-old vines at 420 m on light brown loam over limestone.
- Destemmed, crushed and pressed; settled juice fermented dry with selected yeast.
- Lime zest, green apple and crushed rock; compact, racy and dry at 11.5% alcohol.
- Vintage
- 2025
- Region
- Watervale / Clare
- Vineyard
- Kloock
- Grower
- Dean Kloock
- Elevation
- 420m
- Vine age
- 29 years
- Soil profile
- light brown loam over limestone
- Aspect
- mild easterly aspect
- Farming
- conventional
- pH
- 3.03
- TA
- 7.00 g/l
- RS
- 1.6 g/l
- Alc
- 11.5%
Winemaking
Fruit is destemmed, crushed then pressed. Settled juice is fermented with selected yeast until dry. The wine is then clarified and bottled.
Critics
94 points, Mike Bennie (Halliday Wine Companion)
Tasting Notes
Compact and racy: lime zest, tart green apple and a little pink grapefruit, with crushed-rock minerality and a faint rice-cracker savouriness. Precise and refreshing. Drink 2026 to 2031.
Distributed in Australia by Principal Wine.