2024 Clonakilla Riesling

Murrumbateman's cool climate and decomposed granite soils are ideal for Riesling, with the 2024 vintage experiencing exceptional weather with good spring rain, warm summer days, cool nights, and a beautiful early autumn. The fruit was harvested ripe and full of flavour.
Brilliant water like colour with highlights of green around the edges. Intense lime and citrus aromas leap from the glass trailed by some green apple, orange rind, distinct talc and chalky mineral notes. Outstanding in its concentration of flavour, the mouth watering palate is engulfed with a tsunami of lime, citrus and orange rind fruit. Talc and slatey mineral elements lie underneath. Magnificent power and textural volume with crunchy acidity, finishing very long and super scrumptious.
Drink over the next 6-8 years.
Alc. 12%

Other Reviews....
I’ve never grown or made riesling so take this comment with a grain of salt, as my favourite rumour sites would say. But having tasted thousands and thousands of new release rieslings over the years my impression is – easy for me to say – that it’s easy to make a good, competent riesling, but it’s hard to make one that stands out.
This riesling stands out. It has intensity and it has length, and that’s why it’s an excellent wine, from an excellent season, worthy of a high score. But that’s not what makes it stand out. It’s the slatey, concrete-y, tonic-like side to it, the purity that seems other than fruit, and the amelioration of softness inherent in such characters, that makes you feel as though you’ve stepped into something that’s better than what’s come before. Drink 2024 - 2039+
95 Points
Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front

One sniff and you’re hooked on the prettiness of it all, the citrus blossom scents, the wildflowers mingling with bright citrus notes of lemon and lime. Clonakilla ‘24 Riesling is so fine and gentle, almost delicate in aroma, but don’t be deceived. There is a considerable depth of complexity and flavour lurking in the glass behind a strikingly brisk level of lemony bright acidity. The wine’s a mere babe at this early stage with a solid core of lime cordial tang, citrus and lemon zest and pith with ginger and lemongrass in waiting in the background. A gentle texture brings forth all kinds of food matching possibilities, while a sweet lemon drop zip brings plenty of immediate drink now appeal. That zesty acid crunch is a real feature. The building blocks for a bright future are in place and it will only get better and better from here. Drink 2024-2040.
95 Points
Jeni Port - Wine Pilot