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The Heart of the Mile

2025 Riesling

2025 Riesling

$32.00
$32.00
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The Heart of the Mile speaks to the position of our vineyard on Clare Valley’s Golden Mile and the care we take in maintaining this little patch.

This Watervale Riesling has a citrus blossom nose and a palate of green apple with a hint of lime—true to its heart and home on Clare Valley's Golden Mile.
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  • The 2025 vintage in the Clare Valley was marked by a warm, very dry season that led to one of the earliest harvests on record. Below-average rainfall in winter and spring meant soil moisture was limited, setting up an accelerated growing season with budburst ahead of schedule.

    Harvest began very early - Riesling was picked the first week in February - and the season closed quickly due to the compressed ripening window. While overall yields were below average, growers are particularly optimistic about fruit quality and enthusiasts will likely view 2025 as a year of 'quality over quantity'.

  • Vintage
    2025


    Variety
    100% Riesling


    Alcohol
    11.5%


    Bottles Produced
    380

  • Vineyard
    Blocks Road, Single Estate


    Region
    Clare Valley, South Australia

Kind Words

  • "Lifted, energetic aromatics. Granny Smith and lime leaf, galangal-scented exoticism. A well-judged dimension of mid-palate fruit weight, a smidge of textural generosity that works. A talcy, softly saline, minerally crunch through the finish, the classic "bath salts" character that shows there's a clear understanding of Watervale at work here." 94pts

    Nick Ryan

    The Australian Weekend Magazine, Feb 2026

  • "A good example of Watervale riesling with requisite lime characters, some blackcurrant leaf notes, faint ginger, some talc-like floral lift, a dash of green apple and brine. Good intensity of flavour upfront, a little thin and short through the finish, but the tang that occurs wraps things up with freshness. An attractive drink." 92pts

    Mike Bennie

    2026 Halliday Wine Companion

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