Knappstein Ackland Vineyard Riesling 2025

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Knappstein Ackland Vineyard Riesling 2025.

Knappstein Ackland Vineyard Riesling 2025
$35, 11.5% alcohol, screwcap, Clare Valley.

Fabulous riesling. Intense, dry, slatey and long. It tastes of river stones, lime, steel, curry leaves and alpine herbs – the latter of which gives the wine an aromatic prettiness – though the emphasis is clearly those on cool citrussy tones. It’s the overall intensity of flavour though that really impresses, combined as it is with dramatic length. This will drink well for a decade or more. 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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