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25/11/2021Mount Horrocks Watervale Riesling 2021
97 Points
The scented white flower and lime blossom aromas promise much to come on the palate, and don’t deceive. It is utterly delicious, with swathes of lime and pink grapefruit which are fruit-sweet (not residual sugar). Absolutely out of the box.
By James Halliday
The Australian, 20thth November 2021
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15/09/2021Mount Horrocks Watervale Riesling 2021
The Clare Rieslings you know – and the ones you need to discover
By Tony Love
Enticing talc florals and bath salts to begin, lavender and pink rose petals then a citrus zing through the palate, tense yet full of vitality with vintage-reflective acidity that sits in well here. It has youthful exuberance as a new release and will become more and more integrated and laid back over time. Delicious.
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Wednesday 15th September 2021
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16/02/2021Mount Horrocks Watervale Riesling 2020
Vintage after vintage, Stephanie Toole from Mount Horrocks produces one of the best dry rieslings from the Clare Valley in South Australia. The 2020 lives up to expectations with great citrus flavours, brilliant acid on the finish and terrific length. This is a perfect after-work refresher, or alternatively an excellent partner for Thai or Chinese dishes. Intense, stylish, minerally and exceptionally good value for $35.
By Winsor Dobbin
Ciao Magazine
February 2021
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02/12/2020Mount Horrocks Watervale Riesling 2020
BEST WINES FROM THE 2020 VINTAGE
There’s an aromatic quality I often find in young, fresh Clare Valley Riesling that reminds me of the botanical refreshment of a perfect gin and tonic at the end of a hot day: a combination of lime and herbs and a satisfying whisper of bitterness – like grapefruit pith – that is utterly delicious and more-ish. And I found that character in spades in this great example of riesling from Stephanie Toole’s vineyard in Watervale sub-region of Clare. Lovely now, but will also age brilliantly in the cellar.
By Max Allen
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23/09/2020Mount Horrocks Watervale Riesling 2020
95 points
Tremendous fragrance of frangipani, star jasmine, wonderfully talcum powdery and varietal in the extreme. The palate is very delicate, light-bodied and refined. It seems lower in alcohol than 13%. Very subtle and moreish. A keeper
By Huon Hooke
The Real Review
21st September 2020
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01/05/20202019 Mount Horrocks Riesling
95 Points
This offers the commodity in short supply in ’19: finesse. Or, if you prefer, elegance. It has all the varietal flavours that make Riesling what it is – mouthwatering, vibrant, crisp and long – riding high on a magic carpet.
By James Halliday
1st December 2019
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01/05/2020Mount Horrocks Watervale Riesling 2019
By Tyson Stelzer
94 points
A cool harvest has maintained fantastic tension and energy in this dry, low-yielding season, making for a Mount Horrocks of concentration, impact and poise. A brilliant cut of acidity drives a palate of magnificent line and length, with enticing appeal and head-turning presence from day one, loaded with potential for a long future.
WBM Magazine
November/December 2020
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01/05/20202019 Mount Horrocks Riesling
BEST BUYS
The name of subregion where this riesling is grown is Watervale, and perhaps that’s why I find it so mouthwatering upon each sip of every new vintage – the power of suggestion. Or maybe it’s because the vines planted in perfect red-soil-over-limestone terroir, are grown organically, and in 2019 yielded small crops of grapes that were meticulously handled by winemaker Stephanie Toole. Either way this wine is deeply moreish: perfumed, lime juicy, intense, mineral, driven.
By Max Allen
December/January 2020
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05/02/20192018 Mount Horrocks Watervale Riesling
By Tyson Stelzer
95 Points
Stunning. Unites the concentration and confidence of a dry, low-yielding season with the tension and enduring poise of a long, cool ripening window. It’s a precise and glorious union of kaffir lime, granny smith apple and lemon, with the subtle exoticism of guava. With lingering persistence, exacting line, fine limestone minerality and high-tensile acidity, this is one of the greats, with a glorious life before it.
WBM Magazine
Jan/Feb 2019
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23/10/2018Mount Horrocks 2018 Watervale Riesling
By Winsor Dobbin
Riesling is my “go to” grape for spring and summer quaffing – and this new Clare Valley release is right in the grove; fresh, vibrant and citrusy with minerality and crisp acid finish. There is plenty of length to this estate-grown single vineyard riesling from Watervale and all Stephanie Toole’s wines are certified organic and are vegan friendly. This is bone dry and would pair brilliantly with fresh oysters, pan-fried King George whiting, or simply on the deck with some Justin Isbell on the stereo.
Damn fine drinking. Drink now or cellar.
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October 2018
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14/06/20182017 Mount Horrocks, Watervale Riesling
By Matthew Jukes
This is my favourite vintage of Stephanie Toole’s dry Riesling in years! The slender, rapier sharp fruit is epic with pithy, chalky notes and no overt juiciness whatsoever. It is a very grown up and stripped down style and this makes it ravishing. The scent is pure and much more intense than the pale colour suggests and I have no doubt it will age very gently and for a long time.
100 Best Australian Wines 2018/2019
May 2018
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14/06/20182017 Mount Horrocks Watervale Riesling
By Campbell Mattinson
94 Points
Single vineyard Riesling from one of the absolute stars of the Clare Valley region. In fact – I’d reckon this riesling doesn’t get quite the recognition it deserves. Exhibit A. This is a beautiful Clare Valley riesling. It screams Clare, it insists on riesling. Lemon, lime and talc, assertive with flavour but pure and darting through the finish. Accessible now, in a delicious way, and yet made for later. You really do just want to guzzle this, even as you admire it.
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October 2017
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