2024 Mitchell Watervale Riesling 12 Pack

96 POINTS

Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com

The vibrant jasmine and white peach aromas of this youthful dry riesling leap out of the glass at you. Great concentration and purity on the totally focused, medium-bodied palate. More than enough juicy peach fruit to balance the glistening samurai-sword acidity that powers the very long, wet-stone and lime finish. Already delicious, but also has great aging potential.

95 POINTS

Shanteh Wale - Winepilot

Juiced Granny Smith apples, white pear and Feijoa flesh. Calamansi limes, Jonquil and Frangipani blossoms. Spring has sprung when you crack open a bottle of this wine. It’s filled with Polly Anna dreams and hope. Its fragrance penetrates the room like a diffuser on high. Candied apples, white peach and grapefruit juice on the palate. In the midst of this economic eye roll, this should be the wine on your weekly rotation, incredible value and flavour as always. Mitchell wines are here for your silver lining.

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Ray Jordan - Winepilot

If this is anything to go by there are going to be some sensational Rieslings from Clare and Watervale in 2024. Mineral citrus notes on the nose are super intense. The palate has a deep intensity with a crunchy lively lift extending to an extraordinarily long finish. Slaty crushed rock and wet pebbly features on the palate provide such appeal. This is high-class stuff.

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Mike Bennie - Halliday Wine Companion

A riesling that typically packs in a bit more flavour, character and textural detail, and no slouching in those departments with this release. Chalky pucker underscores a core of fleshy red apple and lime fruit characters with faint toasty spice, some nutty savouriness and a thread of briny minerality, all coming with immense presence and persistence. The wine is character-filled and complex, plus, importantly, so very delicious to drink. It's a class act, and incredibly well priced for the quality.

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Lisa Cardelli - Winepilot

A bomb of fragrancy with its lemon sherbet, squeezed lime, honeysuckle, tangerine, crushed rocks, and pear William. Refreshing and zesty, with a lemon pith-kind acidity, those dry extracts/solids work to masterfully fill the middle palate while donating some personality to the wine. A citrus-licious wine with a tense, lengthy and utterly satisfying mineral aftertaste.

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Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

Mitchell don’t make ‘wincey face’ Riesling. They do something different. This offers flavour and texture. It’s soft, but has balanced acidity, with ripe apple and pink grapefruit, lemon sorbet, and a bit of perfume about it, and that fine chalky texture and grip on the long finish is so nice, with a gentle quinine bite and some savoury bits.

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Ken Gargett - Winepilot

Clare Riesling from 2024 is going to make a lot of people very happy. It looks like we have another stellar vintage. Certainly, the early releases are more than exciting and this is very much in that category. The vines, dry grown, here are over sixty years of age. Near transparent in colour, this is wonderfully pungent. It seems to be dripping lime juice with florals, orange blossoms and lemon curd, with a wet stones backing. Excellent focus, this gives the impression of being layered in early complexity. There is great length and the intensity never waivers. Enjoy this for fifteen to twenty years if you can keep your hands off.

92 POINTS

Tom Kline - Winepilot

Pear, lemon rind, kumquat and green apple intermingle with delicate cinnamon, nectarine skin and smoky grilled peach. It’s surprisingly open knit aromatically for such a young Riesling. The palate has a lovely subtle glow of residual sugar upfront, dancing around with white nectarine, lemon, and peach skin within a lovely pillowy texture before rolling waves of stone fruit acidity freshen the palate and draw length. This is approachable now, though will age in the medium term thanks to its balance and bright acidity. As always, striking value for money here.