Crabtree Watervale Wines
Hidden Bench Estate Winery
Roman's Block Beamsville Bench Riesling 2015
Super solid. Would have guessed Watervale blind. Fresh lime acidity, a whiff of petrol fumes and honeysuckle — 7 years ago
Jim Barry
Watervale Clare Valley Riesling 2017
Wow, acid is here and that's for sure. Utterly refreshing, peppery lime nose. Grapefruit, gave, bitter lime but all very balanced. I could drink a bucket. — 7 years ago
Knappstein
Ackland Vineyard Watervale Riesling
Aged on the nose balanced as classic riesling on palate, long finish — 8 years ago
Two Hands
The Wolf Clare Valley Riesling 2016
Watervale sourced fruit.
Made in the Barossa at a Shiraz based winery.
Solid work 💪🏼 — 9 years ago
Lunarossa
Quartara Giffoni Valle Piana Colli di Salerno Fiano 2018
Awesome nose of insane florals, minerals and just more florals. Like a Crabtree & Evelyn. Melon and citrus develop with air. Palate is at once crisp and linear but also opulent and exotic but it’s all precise and reigned in. Long mineral finish with structure to burn. Juicy and perfumed on the finish. — 3 years ago
Mount Horrocks
Watervale Riesling 2015
First Riesling from Australia, petrol nose and long finish — 6 years ago
Weingut Battenfeld-Spanier
Hohen-Sülzen Riesling 2018
Considering how stunning Frauenberg was in 2018 I was even excited to taste this and it did not let down. Stunning nose. Vinous Crabtree and Evelyn. Floral, herbal, lavender, gorgeous. Honeysuckle. Lean and limey as well. Hint of vulcanized rubber I love so much. Apricot, peach skin. So insanely complex. A GG like nose. Complex and concentrated with terrific fruit skin purity and almost a like fruit leather. So mineral and precise and just teeming with energy and a playful, focused yet intense juiciness. The finish is a mile long and gives off citrus and minerals. Amazing texture and so well made. Balanced and super pure with the structure to age for 10+ years. As this airs it picks up a white chocolate, caramel hit in the mid palate which is to die for. — 7 years ago
Kilikanoon
Mort's Cut Watervale Clare Valley Riesling 2013
This little beauty was supposed to be held for much longer but due to a poor LUX closure we tucked in earlier than expected and it didn’t disappoint.
Silky smooth, big tropical fruits, the acid supports the 100+gms of RS. — 8 years ago
Mount Horrocks
Watervale Nero d'Avola 2015
this is lovely 😊 — 9 years ago
O'Leary Walker
Watervale Clare Valley Riesling 2017
Very citrussy on nose and palate. An old school Clare Valley Riesling with chalky, taut, acidic notes even at 8 years of age. Quite austere still. Yet to flesh out on the mid palate. Not sure this will happen. My only bottle. — a year ago
Grosset
Springvale Clare Valley Riesling 2013
Really lovely. Full of zest and life. Held a beautiful profile in the palate for absolutely ages (even when we had finished dinner and the bottle and while watching Collingwood. And if there's anything to put a bad taste in your mouth it would be Collingwood Football Club).
I still believe, for my palate, that Watervale/Springvale Grosset Rieslings drink better young, while the Polish Hills are better with age. — 3 years ago
Leo Buring
DW P18 Leonay Watervale Riesling 2013
Outstanding expression of Riesling, plenty of limes and floral notes, rich palate but still tight, long finish. — 6 years ago
Forman
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
Had @ Crabtree Kittle House — 7 years ago
Atlas Wines
172º Watervale Riesling 2015
I find this very good for the price
It has pear, little mandarin, rubber, chalk, gunpowder, little peas and aromatic herbs
Quite long too
👍 — 9 years ago
Bob McDonald
Aromatics of lime juice and talc/musk. A classic Watervale Riesling from the Clare Valley. On the palate those same limey flavours with a textural waxiness. Made by John Vickery who is regarded as the master of Australian Riesling. See my previous notes about John here on Delectable and his work with Leo Buring back in the 1970’s. Crazy good value - I paid $18 back in 2019. — 10 days ago