Scored 95 Points by Halliday Wine Companion (Katrina Butler). Read the review.

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.

WINEMAKING NOTES

Vineyard:  Koerner Vineyard, Watervale. Block - Gullyview

Planted: 1973

Soil type: Terra Rossa, red clay on limestone

Picking date: 20th February, 2025

Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard

Processing: Crush and destem

Time on skins: 6 hrs in press

Pressing: Free run only, minimal press rotations

Cooling / Settling: Cold settled off dirt and heavy solids for 3 days

Fermentation: Natural ferment in ceramic amphora 2 months

Aging vessel: Ceramic amphora for 5 months, then stainless steel on fine lees for 8 months

Filtration and Fining: no

Bottled: 04/06/2026

Alc / pH / TA / SO2: 11.7% / 3.1 /  6.5 / 35F, 65T

Production: 150 dozen