Mount Horrocks Cordon Cut Clare Valley Riesling 2024 (37.5cl)
£23.25
The wine
Bright, light gold. Delicate aromatics belie a vibrant, honeyed and intense wine, ripe and juicy.
Cordon Cut is made by severing the cane that feeds each bunch while the fruit still hangs, so the grapes dry on the vine and concentrate without botrytis. Stephanie Toole revived the technique here, and it gives a sweet wine with Clare Riesling acidity intact. This is the half bottle. Mount Horrocks is Stephanie Toole estate in the Clare Valley, certified organic, where each variety is matched to a specific site rather than planted wherever there is room.
The producer
Mount Horrocks
View all Mount Horrocks winesMount Horrocks is a benchmark Clare Valley producer, led with great skill by Stephanie Toole. From the Watervale sub-region in South Australia, the estate has earned a devoted following for wines of purity, precision and character.
The vineyards are farmed organically and tended by hand, with fruit picked and sorted meticulously. This careful, sustainable approach and a focus on site expression give wines of clarity and freshness, none more so than the estate's celebrated Rieslings.
The range centres on pristine Watervale Riesling and a beautifully crafted Semillon, alongside characterful reds in Shiraz, Cabernet and Nero d'Avola. The famous Cordon Cut Riesling, made by severing the canes to concentrate the fruit on the vine, is a modern Australian classic.
Meticulous, expressive and consistently excellent, Mount Horrocks captures the Clare Valley at its finest. Its wines reward attention and age with grace.
