2025 O'Leary Walker Watervale Riesling

When David O’Leary and Nick Walker started O’Leary Walker 25 years ago, this was the wine that defined them - a pure, no-nonsense expression of Watervale Riesling that’s always punched above its weight.

Their vineyards here sit on the famous red loam over limestone soils, dry-grown and hand-tended, the same way they’ve always been. In 2025, the season was dry and low-yielding, concentrating the fruit and giving the wine real intensity.

It’s classic Watervale through and through - lemon, lime and jasmine, a touch of wet stone, and that chalky finish that Clare Riesling lovers know by heart. Bright, clean and effortless to drink now, but it’ll cellar beautifully for a decade or more.

This is the style that built the O’Leary Walker name - clean, precise, and classically Clare Valley.

96 points
"What a pretty thing this is! I always look forward to the O'Leary Walker Riesling releases and these 2025 newbies are superb... The value for money here is exceptional, not to mention the mouth feel and that perfume that is etched into my memory."
- Steve Leszczynski (Qwine Reviews)

96 points
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- Jeni Port (Winepilot)

95 points
"Concentrated and potent fruit characteristics with lemon-lime, green apple, blackcurrant and mandarin marmalade. Powdery talc and lavender-like notes add complexity and texture."
- Mike Bennie (Halliday Wine Companion)

95 points
"Striking lemon and lime, floral notes, and chalky acidity. Fleshy palate with powerful fruit and great purity. Built to age but already showing class."
- Ray (Winepilot)