Wine Spotlight – The Real Review

By Huon Hooke, The Real Review September 8th, 2026   Stephanie Toole has released the latest Mount Horrocks Cordon Cut Riesling from the 2026 vintage, after ‘resting’ the vineyard in 2025. This...

Top reviews for 2026 Wines!

Halliday Wine Companion 2027    Mount Horrocks Watervale Riesling 2026 A frisky, crisp and juicy riesling, imbued with distinct regional character and a sense of ease of drinking in youth. Quinine...

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Top 100 Wines

Weekend Australian Magazine TOP 100 of 2024 97 Points Living in a wine region has its advantages. During harvest this year I bumped into winemaker Stephanie Toole in the greengrocers and...

Mount Horrocks Cordon Cut Riesling 2024

890 cases produced A highly risky and complex process, the making of this wine is very much about seat-of-pants decision making and this is where the experience of 30 vintages certainly...

Clare Valley Wine ‘Hall of Fame’

  ⭐⭐️⭐️Breaking News ⭐⭐️⭐️ Stephanie Toole inducted into Clare Valley Wine ‘Hall of Fame’ Legends. Mount Horrocks owner /winemaker Stephanie Toole has been awarded Legend status, in acknowledgement of her outstanding contribution...

Mount Horrocks Semillon 2022

New Release 385 CASES PRODUCED The Mount Horrocks Semillon Vineyard is on distinctly weaker, rocky soil.  The vines struggle even in a ‘normal’ season. According to Stephanie, semillon vines need to...

Max Allen

2022 Mount Horrocks Watervale Riesling Really intense lime fruit powers along the tongue, carrying hints of aniseed and fennel flower, and a line of deep, dense minerality. An utterly classic Watervale...

Halliday Wine Companion 2023

“…a truly beautiful wine…”  2020 Mount Horrocks Cabernet Sauvignon Matured for 18 months in French oak (35% new). This is beautiful. A medium bodied, super-elegant, superfine cabernet. It remains true to...