2024 Crawford River Riesling

The 2024 Crawford River Riesling is the product of a near-ideal growing season, delivering pristine fruit in generous supply. Following a dry start to spring, timely rains in late November and early January set the vineyard up for a stress-free ripening period. Harvest commenced on March 21—earlier than usual—with immaculate, plentiful Riesling after several years of low yields.

Sourced from the estate’s oldest plantings (1975-77), the fruit comes from gravelly, ironstone-rich clay loams and sandy loams over limestone, imparting both floral lift and mineral-driven depth. Whole clusters were pressed, the juice naturally settled, and fermentation proceeded spontaneously in stainless steel. After eight weeks on lees, the wine was racked, blended, and bottled under screwcap in September 2024.
Alc. 13%

Other Reviews....
A very bright green gold. Smells like the essence of perfectly ripened lemon and lime, jasmine and frangipani together with a little apple blossom. Gently textured, this flows mellifluously across the palate, finishing saline, chalky and long. Just a touch richer than the '23 and a beautiful wine to drink now and over the next eight to 10 years at least. Drink 2024-2034.
97 Points
Philip Rich - Halliday's Australian Wine Companion

Well here we go.
Flesh and cut, a duo of textures that make for complexity and interest. Concentration of lime and red apple, some light honey almond notes, a touch of sugared almond perhaps with light fennel and dill notes in the mix. It’s got some saline shimmer through it too, perhaps even some pleasing white balsamic lift to it all too. Attractive, a slightly wilder edge, with savouriness in the mix. Great, proper riesling and drinks with charm and interest, to be drunk younger with all that amplitude in this release. Drink 2025-2030.
94 Points
Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

Very light straw colour in the glass; the bouquet is fresh but reserved at first, with subtle aromas of fresh pastry, lime and florals, building intensity with extended time in the glass. The palate is wonderfully intense and refined, delicate but penetrating and focused, with a lovely undertone of ripe fruit sweetness. Fruit flavour is perfectly balanced by the acidity and the persistence is very long. A concentrated, crystalline riesling which drinks well now but has much more in store for those who patiently cellar it.
97 Points
Huon Hooke - The Real Review