Best's Riesling 2025 Great Western is an award-winning Australian white wine from the Grampians region. This elegant, age-worthy Riesling showcases kaffir lime, lemon, green apple, and nashi pear with beautiful line, length, and proven 20+ year cellaring potential.
Tasting Notes
Appearance
Best's Riesling 2025 Great Western displays a pale white colour with attractive hints of green, reflecting the wine's youthful freshness and vitality. The brilliant clarity speaks to the quality of fruit from vines planted in 1978 and 1998 in the cool, continental Grampians wine region, where the climate and soils suit the Riesling variety perfectly.
Aroma
The nose is aromatic and spicy, revealing intense notes of kaffir lime and lemon rind that create an inviting aromatic profile. Green apple and nashi pear add complexity, whilst white florals and blossom provide elegant lift. The wine displays an almost crystalline lemon-lime essence quality that impresses and resonates deep, showcasing the varietal intensity and fine delicacy of touch that defines Grampians Riesling at its very best. This sophisticated bouquet reflects the cool winters and strong diurnal temperature shifts during the growing season that ensure full ripeness and generous natural acidity.
Palate
On the palate, kaffir lime, lemon rind, and green apple fill the front, with nashi pear adding textural complexity. A little apricot nectar from the residual sugar provides balance and roundness. The wine brings an airy, powdery expression that runs deep and long, with intense lemon-lime citrus, grapefruit pith, apple, and gingery spice married to pure, lively acidity. Beautiful line and length characterise the palate, with lingering flavours of wet stone and lemon sherbet. The youthful freshness is delicious now, yet this wine has proven ability to mature gracefully for 20 years or more, gathering complex toasty aromas as the years pass.
Pairs With
This elegant Riesling pairs beautifully with fresh oysters, sashimi, Thai cuisine, Vietnamese dishes, grilled prawns, scallops, chicken salad, and Asian-inspired fare.
Reviews
"Grampians riesling at its very best. It defines varietal intensity but so too a fine and utterly delicious delicacy of touch. Aromatic, spicy, apple and lime scented with a lemon-lime essence quality, almost crystalline, that impresses and resonates deep. The palate brings an airy, powdery expression that runs deep and long and intense in lemon-lime citrus, grapefruit pith, apple and gingery spice married to a pure and lively acidity. Runs long, stays bright and will age and keep on going."
97 Points - Halliday, Jeni Port, December 2025
