Eden Valley Riesling 2024

The 2024 vintage was dry throughout the growing and ripening season which accelerated ripening and as a result we had an early harvest, achieving full fruit expression at a lower baumé, with balanced natural acidity it’s a great example of Riesling’s purity.

After being harvested from the Mason and Schubert family vineyards, the grapes were processed immediately to avoid extended skin contact. As is the Vickery way, winemaker Keeda Zilm also incorporated pressing-material in the final blend to add flavour and texture to the wine. The pressings cut is taken a lot earlier than normal to retain flavour without extracting bitter phenolics. The blend was fermented at cool temperatures in stainless steel to maintain freshness.

Reviews

Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion

95%

Although the great John Vickery has left us, his legacy lives on in the wines that bear his name. This is a cracker. A high-tensile, limey ride; a wine that is bone-dry, vivid and possesses all the velocity and verve that you expect. Pristine lime and green apple notes, subtle jasmine and Christmas lily with hints of crushed quartz and distant herbs, but it's all about that minerally cadence and precision. Super drinking.

Campbell Mattinson, Wine Front

94%

Intensity of flavour here is excellent. Lime, bath salts and talc with a distinct minerally edge, the finish then carrying that extra spark of rock-on-rock.This is juicy. This is long-flavoured. This will develop slowly and well.