Claymore Superstition Reserve Watervale Riesling 2026
- 92
- $35
- Drink by: 2026-2036
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From a single vineyard in the Clare Valley, in the Watervale sub-region with vines of more than eighty years in age, this is entirely free run juice. The alcohol is a low 10.6%, always useful if a second glass appeals (and why wouldn’t it?). The colour is that of a watery dawn yellow. Good concentration here with citrus very much to the fore, alongside notes of river stones and hints of earth. Florals and grapefruit are very much in support. For me, this would be a Riesling to put in the cellar and forget for a few years. One suspects its peak will be in six to ten years time. The wine has good focus, is taut, tight and pristine and will surely be better in time, at which stage one can expect the score to improve.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
