O’Leary Walker Watervale Riesling 2025
- 95
- $27
- Drink by: 2025-2040
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Yet another superb Watervale Riesling from a pair of specialists (they are pretty good at other wines, as well). Treatment is largely traditional. The colour is a very pale lemon. This is beautifully fragrant with notes of limes, spices, lemons, white jasmine, grapefruit and a touch of river stones. A veritable citrus smorgasbord. Fresh and aromatic with a line of fine acidity, there is exceptional length in this immaculately balanced effort plus focus and finesse. Expect it to provide superb drinking for at least the next fifteen years.
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.
