2024 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Beechworth Riesling

Tessa Brown and Jeremy Schmolzer have a real knack for Riesling, and this 2024 release is another great example of what they do best. Sourced from a few small parcels around Beechworth, it’s a wine that leans into the region’s cool climate and high-altitude bite.

The growing season was a bit of a mixed bag - some tricky frost early on meant lower yields, but the dry, warm finish gave the fruit great flavour and concentration. As always, the winemaking here is pretty stripped-back: hand-picked fruit, wild ferment, and a focus on keeping things clean and precise. What you get is a Riesling that’s crisp, bright, and full of life, with plenty of that lovely tension between fruit and acidity.

It’s a style that’s built for freshness but has just enough structure to handle a bit of time in bottle if you want to see it evolve. Classic VS&B - thoughtful, unfussy, and totally in tune with the vineyard.

94 points
"Ripe and aromatic... bone dry, bitter citrus infused, with a wonderful detail of dusty texture – it’s minerally and autumnal."
- Kasia Sobiesiak (The Wine Front)