2025 Mr Riggs Watervale Riesling

Zippy lemon and lime fruits are delivered with impressive intensity across the long, driving finish.

Watervale in the Clare Valley is home to some of Australia’s best’s Rieslings. It’s here that Ben Riggs sources fruit from the Brysky vineyards to produce this zesty lemon lime filled Riesling.
Brilliant water like core with green tinted edges. Lemon and lime zest aromas burst out of the glass pursued by some green apple, chalky talc and steely mineral notes. Zippy lemon and lime fruits race across the palate with impressive intensity. Green apple, wet steel and a chalky minerality extend across the back half. Crisp acidity with a long driving finish.
Drink over the next 6-8 years.
Alc. 11%

Other Reviews….
Here’s a wine that expresses all that we love about this region which has produced consistently some of the finest Rieslings we make in this country. This one’s quite a delicate wine, and yet there’s an intensity that opens on the nose with a limey, zesty, floral note, and then catapults into the palate, which is finely held with a delicate acidity supporting the lovely crisp fruit characters. It has a powdery, tense feel on the palate, and yet there is fruit sweetness. Drink 2025-2035.
94 Points
Ray Jordan – WinePilot.com