PEGASUS BAY RIESLING 2024

Pegasus Bay Riesling is arguably the wine that put Waipara on the map. It's a classic and always delivers. Perfect at anytime of the day – it just makes you feel good.

Winery notes (2024 Vintage)
"It has a pale lemon hue. Opulently scented, the nose unfurls in waves of citrus, floral and tropical tones. A surge of mandarin spray, pineapple, honeydew melon, and citrus blossom, ebbs to reveal an undercurrent of green apple, kaffir lime leaf and oriental spice, drifting over a steely mineral floor. The palate is rich yet precise, a textured mouthfeel and charming sweetness balanced by appetising acidity and well pitched phenolics. This is an elegant and stylised wine, crisp and structural, with a long, resonant finish.

Cooler and windier conditions during Spring meant lower crop levels, keeping fruit thinning to a minimum. The weather gods then handed us the opposite during Summer, with a warm and settled state prevailing, so this smaller crop was able to mature beautifully. Autumn was similarly favourable, allowing each variety to be picked at its optimum ripeness. Our 2024 harvest saw smaller yields across the board, but as a result we were blessed with intense fruit flavour and concentration, delivering some outstanding wine."

Rated Outstanding & 95/100 Cameron Douglas MS, March 2025 (2024 Vintage)​
"Delicious on the nose and palate, a wine of complexity and purity. Aromas of apples and limes, mineral and honeysuckle, perhaps a lick of botrytis. Delicious, fresh and dry as the wine touches the palate, flavours mirror the bouquet supported by a backbone of acidity, salivating freshness and long finish with lemon peel and mineral. Best drinking from day of purchase through 2035+."

5 Stars & 95/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit,  March 2025 (2024 Vintage)
"Gorgeously styled and expressed, the elegantly perfumed bouquet shows pineapple, lemon sorbet, crunchy apple, and rich floral aromas with a hint of spicy overtone. The succulent palate delivers a finely flowing mouthfeel, accompanied by elegant sweetness and bright acidity, finishing in a splendidly harmonious and lingering manner. Style: Medium. At its best: now to 2036."

93/100 Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous, March 2025 (2024 Vintage)
"The 2024 Riesling is juicy and rounded, with a caress that reminds me of a Spätlese. It’s medium-sweet yet delicate with an almost powdery texture. Residual sugar has rounded its edges and padded out its light body. The finish, however, is succulent and textured, with a combination of firm acidity and phenolics providing the brush to sweep this up and hold it firmly in place. Aromas of apricots, lilac, freshly cooked orange, celery and the merest hint of spice on the fragrant finish."

5 Stars & 18.5+/20 (94) Candice Chow, Raymond Chan Reviews, March 2025 (2024 Vintage)
"Bright, even, pale yellow. The nose is softly full, with aromas of citrus, apple, blossom and suggestion of tropical fruit. Medium-full bodied, medium-sweet to taste, aromas of mandarin and pineapple melded with honey, blossom, lime leaf and a touch of spice. The opulent mouthfeel is packed with youthful, bright flavours and good energy. The sweetness balances the invigorating acidity and adds dimension and weight to the palate. This Riesling features purity and length, and it is already delicious. Match with fish red curry and Szechuan food over the next 10+ years. Fermented at cool temperatures to 12.5% alc, 25 g/l RS."