Pikes Hills & Valleys Riesling 2025 - Clare Valley, Australia

93/100 Mike Bennie, Halliday Wine Companion
90/100 Mike Bennie, Halliday Wine Companion (2024 vintage)
90/100 Wine Spectator (2022 vintage)
Bronze - Wine Enthusiast (2022 vintage)
93/100 Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion (2020 vintage)
90/100 James Suckling (2020 vintage)

5 Stars - Halliday Wine Companion
People Choice Award 2023

Gold - San Francisco International Wine Competition (2019 vintage)
Bronze - Internation Wine Challenge (2019 vintage)

Vegan

Mike Bennie, Halliday Wine Companion "A pleasing, straightforward expression that delivers on its promise of 'classic Clare'. Guava, lemon sorbet, some orange sherbet characters, a dash of green apple. It has a little sweetness in there with a good counterbalance of frisky acidity, and the sherbety sizzle works well in that mesh, too. Delicious wine; easy to guzzle."

Mike Bennie, Halliday Wine Companion "A medium-dry style of riesling, which means a little slipperiness in texture, a lick of wild honey in bright, lime and lemon citrus fruit characters, some sugared almond notes, a touch of sea spray and jasmine tea lift. Well balanced in its sweeter profile with a chalky, limey finish doing refreshment factor well. Elementary in its way, but great as an easy drink." (2024 vintage)

Wine Spectator "Shows ripe peach, melon and yellow apple flavors accented by mango and orange blossom notes on a smooth, juicy frame, while pretty spice notes of cardamom and honeysuckle linger." (2022 vintage)

Wine Enthusiast "Citrus peel, peach and pineapple open this fresh, somewhat austere Riesling. Hints of florals and flint are there, too. The palate is mostly dry with a green edge and a shriek of acidity." (2022 vintage)

This is a partnership between the Pike family (of Clare Valley fame) and the Joyce family, related to Andrew Pike’s wife, Cathy.

The winery is situated in Lenswood, which is a subregion of the Adelaide Hills. The Adelaide Hills region is well-known for its cool climate, high-altitude vineyards, and diverse range of premium cool-climate wines.

The Joyce family have been orchardists at Lenswood for over 100 years and also have extensive operations in the Riverland. Together with Andrew they have established this vineyard site, which was previously apple and pear orchards, is characterized by steep North and East facing slopes and possesses fantastic gravelly clay and loam soils which are ideally suited to the classic cool climate varieties that have been planted – Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. to sauvignon blanc (5.9ha), pinot noir (5.73ha), pinot gris (3.22ha), chardonnay (3.18ha) and semillon (0.47ha). The wines are made at the Pikes’ Clare Valley winery and exported around the world.

The vineyard is all hand pruned and handpicked with the fruit being chilled overnight in the Joyce cool rooms. Traditional old world techniques as well as modern Australian winemaking are incorporated to produce a style which reflects the variety and region."

Pike & Joyce owns and operates vineyards covering around 32 hectares in the Lenswood area of Adelaide Hills. The vineyards are planted at varying altitudes, providing an excellent opportunity to grow a variety of grape varieties that thrive in the cool climate.