Hatch

Watervale Clare Valley Riesling

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  Vintage 2025
  94 points points The Real Review

Bright light yellow colour; dried flowers, lemon blossom and lime leaf on the nose, a trace of baked lemon pudding. Creamy yeast lees/pastry nuances. The palate is intense and bold, bright and generous, open-faced already and dry but soft-textured. Already charming, although it has the tension to age superbly.

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  Vintage 2025
  96 points points

There are few people in this country who know more about making great Rieslings than Chris Hatcher, who cut his teeth on this variety in his early years, but was then as chief winemaker with Mildura Blast, responsible for vintage after vintage of great Rieslings. This one he gets from Pewsey Vale. And it is so perfectly completed in every way. Fragrant, highly perfumed notes show a mix of orange rind and lemon rind with a slightly pithy character. The palate has a deep intensity and a razor-sharp acidity, but it sits with textural complexity, lifted with that slightly lemon zest and lime zest character. It's a thoroughly engaging and beautiful example of Australian Riesling.