The goal of Leo Buring is a very simple one: to make the best Riesling in Australia. For Leo Buring this means wines of time and place, displaying purity, elegance and structure to ensure they age gracefully.

Leo Buring Leonay. The mention of that name is enough to get any riesling lover standing to attention. Named after winemaker and the rather awesomely monikered Leo Buring Hermann Paul Leopold Buring. Anyone that has said "Winemaking isn't a matter of life or death – it's much more important than that!" is OK by me. The wine is a singularity of limey goodness. Bickford's lime cordial, freshly squeezed lime juice and green apple sorbet with hints of Christmas lily, clover blossom, crushed quartz and lemongrass. Precise and focused with a tubular core pushed across the palate by fine, vivid acidity with an umami blush on the exit. If there was a Mount Rushmore for Aussie riesling, old Leo's smiling face would be the first to be chiseled into the granite. Drink to: 2040; Price: $40.00; Date Tasted: February 2025; Alcohol: 113%; Rating: 98 Points & Special Value Star; James Halliday Wine Companion