2024 Mount Majura Vineyard Riesling | 96 Points | Canberra District

🔥 THINK GREAT AUSTRALIAN RIESLING IS ONLY CLARE + EDEN? THINK AGAIN.

One of the star performers of the Canberra District

This is a wine for people who love Riesling with citrus purity, mineral drive, tension and mouthwatering acidity.

96 Points – Halliday Wine Companion | 95 Points – The Real Review

Canberra District, ACT

⚡ Single-Vineyard Canberra Riesling | RRP $38

If you think Australia's great Rieslings begin and end with Clare and Eden Valley, here's a wine that deserves your attention.

The 2024 Mount Majura Vineyard Riesling is an absolute cracker from one of the Canberra District's benchmark vineyards.

Halliday Wine Companion awarded it:

96 POINTS

while The Real Review gave it 95 points.

And the RRP?

JUST $38.

For Riesling of this quality, that's outstanding buying.

One of Canberra's Great Vineyard Sites

Mount Majura Vineyard sits on the eastern slopes of Mount Majura, just outside Canberra.

The vineyard was first planted in 1988, on a site specifically recommended by pioneering Canberra District wine figure Dr Edgar Riek.

And the soils are fascinating:

Red volcanic-derived soils over limestone.

Combined with the vineyard's east and north-east-facing slopes and Canberra's cool continental climate, it's a distinctive site capable of producing Riesling with tremendous freshness and personality.

Halliday Wine Companion describes Mount Majura as:

“One of the star performers of the Canberra District.”

And Riesling is listed among the estate's key specialties.

2024 – A Brilliant Canberra Vintage

The 2024 season was particularly well suited to white varieties.

After a relatively warm and dry spring, summer conditions were mild, allowing the fruit to ripen steadily while retaining natural acidity.

Mount Majura describes its 2024 whites as showing:

Brightness. Freshness. Purity. Zesty acidity.

Exactly what you want from serious Riesling.

The finished wine sits at just 11.5% alcohol, reinforcing the sense of precision and lightness.

What Does It Taste Like?

This is classic cool-climate Australian Riesling.

Think:

Lime & lemon

Green apple

Citrus blossom

Subtle herbal characters

Crushed stone & mineral notes

Saline freshness

There's excellent intensity, but very little weight.

The palate is light, fine and tightly focused, with citrus and green apple running through a line of beautifully refreshing acidity.

Then comes that mineral, almost saline character that makes you immediately want another mouthful.

Pure. Fine. Dry. Mineral. Seriously refreshing.

This is Riesling built around precision rather than sheer power.

96 + 95 Points for $38

This is where things become particularly compelling.

Halliday's listing confirms the 2024 wine at just 11.5% alcohol, while Mount Majura's vineyard pedigree and distinctive volcanic-derived soils give it a genuine point of difference within Australian Riesling.

And then you have:

96 POINTS – HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION

95 POINTS – THE REAL REVIEW

for a wine with an RRP of:

$38.

That's serious value.

Why We Love It

There is an enormous amount of cheap Australian Riesling.

There is considerably less great Riesling at a cheap price.

This is the latter.

Mount Majura has the vineyard.

It has the soils.

It has the cool climate.

It has decades of experience with Riesling.

And in 2024, all those ingredients have come together beautifully.

This is a wine for people who love Riesling with citrus purity, mineral drive, tension and mouthwatering acidity.

Drink it now and it's wonderfully vibrant.

Or put some away and let the classic toast, citrus curd and savoury characters of aged Riesling slowly emerge.

At $38 RRP, you can afford to do both.

96 Halliday. 95 Real Review. Single Vineyard. $38.

What's not to love?

👉 If Clare and Eden Valley normally dominate your Riesling drinking, grab a bottle of Mount Majura and head to Canberra. This is an outstanding example of why the Canberra District deserves to be taken very seriously for Riesling.