South facing, boney soils - ginger spice, mineral and soft textures

This wine is made from the original Riesling vineyard on the Koerner Family property, planted in 1973. It’s a unique 4 hectare block running north – south over a hill, with 89 short rows running east – west. This orientation helps protect the fruit from the intense Clare Valley sun. 

The section of vineyard we use for this wine is on the Southern slope, where a thin layer of clay loam overlays limestone. We particularly enjoy working with this section, as it best expresses the mineral characters we love in a Riesling.

To help build weight and texture, this wine is fermented and aged in 1000L ceramic amphora for around 9 months, it goes through full malolactic fermentation (MLF) and is then racked to steel where it sits on fine lees for a further 9 months. The wine was bottled at the beggining of June 2026 without fining or filtration and with 70pppm total sulphur dioxide added.