Knappstein 1878 Transcendence Riesling 2025

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Knappstein 1878 Transcendence Riesling 2025.

Knappstein 1878 Transcendence Riesling 2025
$70, 11% alcohol, screwcap, Clare Valley.

Incredible intensity of flavour here. Incredible purity too. This isn’t like drinking from a cool mountain stream; it’s like climbing up to the source of it. It tastes of citrus, steel, subtle herbs and flowers, sorbet and citrus leaves. It’s fine, fractionally salty, lime-juicy, energetic and more. It’s a ripping riesling with a (very) long future ahead of it. 95 points.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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