The Halliday Wine Companion Awards celebrate the best wines in Australia. Below you'll find Australia's top rieslings, along with the wine ratings awarded by the Tasting Team.
Five regions – Eden Valley, Tasmania, Henty, Canberra District and Porongurup – are represented in the 10 top-scoring rieslings of the year. The Clare Valley performed strongly, too, as expected, though from a quality perspective the days of the Eden and Clare valleys having it all their own way are over. Great Australian riesling comes from many different places now; this is in the context, of course, that a Clare Valley wine took out this category last year, and a beautiful Eden Valley example took home the chocolates here.
2025 Best Riesling of the Year in Australia
Rieslingfreak No.12 Riesling 2023
98 points (PD*) | Price when tasted $37
From Flaxman Valley (in Eden Valley) and the freakiest riesling freaks of all, perhaps. This is electric. So much vigour and perkiness, a vibrant and poised white that delivers strong mineral charm, beautifully brittle acidity and tension and length in spades. Ultra floral scents with lime, blackcurrant, white pepper, talc, flint, warm steel and chamomile. The palate a superb echo with succulent, mineral-charged texture and a sense of pristine, pretty fruit in tow. A delicate expression with compelling energy and drinkability as its charter. – Mike Bennie
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Top-rated riesling from the 2025 Companion
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Meadowbank Wines
Riesling 2023
Tasmania -
Rieslingfreak
No.12 Riesling 2023
Eden Valley -
Castle Rock Estate
Diletti Riesling 2022
Porongurup -
Castle Rock Estate
Riesling 2023
Porongurup -
Crawford River Wines
Riesling 2023
Henty -
Freycinet Vineyard
Riesling 2023
Tasmania -
Helm
Premium Riesling 2023
Canberra District -
Henschke
Julius Riesling 2023
Eden Valley -
Leo Buring
DW A20 Leopold Riesling 2023
Tasmania -
Orlando
Steingarten Riesling 2012
Eden Valley -
Pewsey Vale Vineyard
10 Years Cellar Aged The Contours Museum Reserve Single Vineyard Estate Riesling 2014
Eden Valley -
Pooley Wines
Margaret Pooley Tribute Riesling 2023
Tasmania -
Pooley Wines
Margaret Pooley Tribute Riesling 2022
Tasmania -
Seppelt
Drumborg Vineyard Riesling 2023
Henty -
ChaLou Wines
Riesling 2023
Orange -
Charles Melton Wines
Domaine Sophie Claire Riesling 2023
Eden Valley Adelaide Hills -
Crawford River Wines
Noble Dry 2022
Henty -
Crawford River Wines
Museum Release Riesling 2017
Henty -
Forest Hill Vineyard
Block 1 Riesling 2023
Mount Barker -
Four Winds Vineyard
Riesling 2017
Canberra District -
Four Winds Vineyard
Riesling 2015
Canberra District -
Frankland Estate
Isolation Ridge Riesling 2023
Frankland River -
Frankland Estate
Smith Cullam Riesling 2023
Frankland River -
Grosset
Springvale Riesling 2023
Clare Valley -
Grosset
Polish Hill Riesling 2023
Clare Valley -
Helm
Riesling 2023
Tumbarumba -
Jim Barry Wines
The Florita Riesling 2023
Clare Valley -
Jim Barry Wines
Spring Farm Block 114 Riesling 2014
Clare Valley -
Jim Barry Wines
Cellar Release The Florita Riesling 2017
Clare Valley -
limefinger
Learnings Watervale Riesling 2023
Clare Valley -
limefinger
Solace Riesling 2023
Clare Valley -
Mitchell
McNicol Clare Valley Riesling 2014
Clare Valley -
Mount Horrocks
Watervale Riesling 2023
Clare Valley -
Nick O'Leary Wines
Flying Fox Riesling 2023
Canberra District -
Nick O'Leary Wines
White Rocks Riesling 2023
Canberra District -
Orlando
Steingarten Riesling 2013
Eden Valley -
Pepper Tree Wines
Stone Mountain Single Vineyard Premium Reserve Riesling 2023
Orange -
Peter Lehmann
The Master's Collection Wigan Riesling 2017
Eden Valley -
Pewsey Vale Vineyard
Prima 23GR Single Vineyard Estate Riesling 2023
Eden Valley -
Pooley Wines
Butcher's Hill Riesling 2023
Tasmania -
Pooley Wines
Cooinda Vale Riesling 2023
Tasmania -
Ravensworth
Regional Riesling 2023
Canberra District -
Rieslingfreak
No.4 Riesling 2023
Eden Valley -
Robert Stein Vineyard
Reserve Riesling 2023
Mudgee -
Skillogalee
Trevarrick Riesling 2023
Clare Valley -
Stargazer Wine
Palisander Vineyard Coal River Valley Riesling 2022
Tasmania -
Talisman Wines
Museum Release Riesling 2013
Geographe -
Tar & Roses
Lewis Riesling 2023
Central Victoria Zone -
Vickery Wines
The Reserve Castine Hay Shed Block Watervale Riesling 2020
Clare Valley
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This is an edited extract from the 2025 Halliday Wine Companion, with reviews by James Halliday, Campbell Mattinson, Dave Brookes, Jane Faulkner, Jeni Port, Marcus Ellis, Mike Bennie, Philip Rich, Shanteh Wale and Toni Paterson MW. Cover art by Vera Babida.
*Panel decision – score awarded by the Halliday Tasting Team at the annual Awards judging.