2024 'Brothers' Riesling

2014 to 2024 Jono and Damon Koerner were in partnership together with Koerner Wine. During this time they created a wine range called ‘Brothers’ and this Riesling was one of the main wines within that range. We want to continue the legacy of that through this wine.

We are very happy with how the 2024 Riesling has turned out. With the warmer ripening season, we are seeing a fleshier style, it has great texture and mouth feel to it, which adds to the high drinkability. We picked the grapes at the perfect time that we had perfect amount of natural acidity which gives the wine incredible freshness and drive.

The nose is lifted and floral, with subtle hints of fennel and pine needle, it is quite unique and very appealing. On the pallet you get typical lemon but then you get this lime cordial character that coats the mouth, and it is entwined with a powerful minerality which drives the wine and offers an appealing chalky texture! This is a real approachable style of Riesling which makes it easy to have a few bottles.

Vineyard: Gullyview Vineyard, Watervale
Blocks: G11/H2/G5 Gullyview
Planted: 1999, 1973 & 02 grafted 22
Soil type: Black and Red clay on limestone
Picking date: 19th February, 2024
Picking method: Machine harvested early morning
Time on skins: No
Processing: Crush and destemmed
Pressing: Only take free run juice
Cooling / settling: Cold settled off dirt and heavy solids for 3 days
Fermentation: Stainless steel for 3 weeks at 18 degrees
Aging vessel: Stainless steel on fine lees for 4 months
Filtration: Crossflow
Fining: No
Alc: 11.9% alc (7 Standard Drinks)

92 Points - Katrina Butler (James Halliday)

"This is quintessential Clare riesling. It yields delicate white florals, lemon zest, green apple and a pine needle-like herbal line that stretches the margin of flavour out. The fruit feels clean, acids bright and reverberating, and the mineral tension a bonus round that will keep you coming back for more."

93 Points - Stuart Knox (Real Review)

"Light and bright lemon and lime colour. Fragrant and lifted with notes of makrut lime, honeysuckle and hint of flinty minerality. Palate shows good depth and concentration of fruit, lime melds into subtle tropical notes with adjacent notes of almond meal and river stones bringing savoury complexity. Good length and enough fruit concentration to balance the hint of grip at the finish."

92 Points - Angus Hughson (Wine Pilot)

"This young and vibrant 2024 Riesling is composed but shy right now and needs time to show its best. It opens with wafts of wet stones and spice backed by a solid core of freshly sliced pear. Tense acid then drives a crystalline and linear palate that is tightly wound while a long yet fine finish bodes well for the future."