Out of stock
Riposte The Scimitar Riesling 2025
$25.00
Fine, flavoursome and shapely, scented with kaffir lime, lemon and lavender, this long and elegant riesling drives with purity and focus down a faintly powdery spine towards a brisk and refreshing finish of zesty acids.
Vintage
2025
Peak years to drink
2033 - 2037
Jeremy's score
92 / 100
Seal type
Screw top
Out of stock
Riposte The Scimitar Riesling
Clare Valley
Price Range at Release: $20-$29
Vintage: 2025
Alc %: 11.5
$ Rel: 25
Fine, flavoursome and shapely, scented with kaffir lime, lemon and lavender, this long and elegant riesling drives with purity and focus down a faintly powdery spine towards a brisk and refreshing finish of zesty acids.
Last Date Tasted: 02/01/2026
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Vintage
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Score/20
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2025
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92 | 17.7 | 2033-2037  |
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2016
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92 | 17.9 | 2024-2028+  |
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2012
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92 | 17.9 | 2020-2024+ |
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Winery
Riposte
Tim Knappstein is one of the most experienced of South AustraliaŐs active winemakers. Having made, and then sold, his name in the Clare Valley, he was one of the pioneers of the Lenswood subregion in the Adelaide Hills, making wine under a series of different labels. Under the Riposte banner are some finely crafted and very affordable wines whose pure expression of feisty varietal flavours are generally bottled with interesting texture and complexity. Of particular interest to me are the bracket of pinot noirs and the heady, spicy but sadly discontinued Traminer. Why Australians shun the few decent examples we make of this variety is totally beyond me.
Chief Executive(s):
Dale Knappstein
Winemaker:
Tim Knappstein
Viticulturist:
Tim Knappstein
Production Dozen:
13,000
Tonnes Processed:
190
Address:
PO Box 256 , Lobethal , South Australia 5241 Australia
Cellar Door Open Hours:
Not open to public
Principal Wine Region:
Adelaide Hills
Telephone:
(08) 8389 8149
Facsimile:
(08) 8389 8178
Website:
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