Mitchell Watervale Riesling 2025

Those who inexplicably did not fill their cellars with the great Clare Rieslings from vintages like 2021 and 2022, along with a few others, have been given a reprieve (not that I’m sure they deserve it – not to have done so seems a grave miscalculation). It does seem that 2025 is yet another stellar vintage. The team at Mitchell have been making top-notch Riesling since the 1970s, so they know what they’re doing. From the Watervale sub-region, yellow/straw in colour, this is intensely aromatic offering notes of limes, florals, lemon curd, wet slate, dry herbs and grapefruit. The wine is balanced, seamless and has serious intensity. The focus never wavers at any stage along the journey and the wine exhibits most impressive length. It will drink beautifully and improve for at least the next fifteen years, longer if you want.