Rieslingfreak No.2 Polish Hill River Riesling 2024
Polish River-sourced fruit from two picks spaced 10 days apart. Water-white with a flash of green and fruit aromas of freshly squeezed lime juice, makrut lime and lemongrass. Hints of citrus blossom, crushed stone, celery salt, Christmas lily, green-apple sorbet and liminal notes of clover and honeysuckle. Such a sleek, tightly bound package, with a steely focus, porcelain acidity and a pitch-perfect tubular palate shape. It's lovely saline and sapid drinking now, but this will age beautifully. Date: Jul 2024; Alcohol: 10.3%; Price: $37.00; Drink by: 2044; Rating: 98 Points & Special Value Star; James Halliday Wine Companion

Rieslingfreak No.3 Clare Valley Riesling 2024
Such a beautiful, concentrated yet composed wine from John's mum and dad's vineyard at White Hutt, 5.8km north of the Clare township. So perfumed and essential, with crunchy lime, green apple and grapefruit alongside high tones of wildflowers, Christmas lily, jasmine, talc, mineral salts, peach skin and stone. Concentrated yet super-tight on the palate with a tubular core of focused lime and citrus fruits, a beautifully fine structure and a tangy, energetic line with velocity to burn. A superb, pristine wine. Date: Jul 2024; Alcohol: 11.4%; Price: $28.00; Drink by: 2038; Rating: 97 Points & Special Value Star; James Halliday Wine Companion

Rieslingfreak No.4 Eden Valley Riesling 2024
Sourced from Rieslingfreak growers in the Eden Valley, predominately the High Eden; John recalls there were lots of smaller bunches in the '24 season. Tight and high-toned, as all Eden Valley riesling should be, with Bickford's lime cordial and Tahitian limes at its base. Hints of orange blossom, crushed quartz, lemongrass and stone with a light, balanced sheen of phenolics and a febrile sense of urgency as it careens across the palate, finishing fine and long. Date: Jul 2024; Alcohol: 11.5%; Price: $28.00; Drink by: 2038; Rating: 95 Points & Special Value Star; James Halliday Wine Companion

Rieslingfreak No.5 Clare Valley Off Dry Riesling 2024
I'm a sucker for a good off-dry riesling (here, it's 13g/L RS), and this certainly ticks a lot of boxes for me. The palest of straw and green flashes in the glass with fruit tones of lime, green apple, white peach and crunchy nectarine. Hints of citrus blossom, riverstone, wildflowers, starfruit and apple sorbet. There's a real tension to this wine, a pressure-like interplay between RS and acidity that releases with a long, purely fruited draw on the finish, seeming drier than you'd expect as the acidity tempers that gentle sweetness beautifully. Bravo. Date: Jul 2024; Alcohol: 10.1%; Price: $28.00; Drink by: 2036; Rating: 96 Points & Special Value Star; James Halliday Wine Companion