Ghost Rock Estate Riesling 2025

Ghost Rock is a cornerstone of Tasmania’s Cradle Coast, founded by the Arnold family and instrumental in shaping the region’s reputation over the past two decades. Today, the estate is led by second-generation winemaker Justin Arnold alongside his wife, Alicia Peardon.

The vineyards sit on varied expressions of volcanic clay, from loam to sand, carefully farmed to manage vigour and preserve balance. The result is a quietly confident range of wines that reflect both site and season: precise, cool-climate expressions shaped by experience rather than ego.

Grape Varietals & Region: 100% Riesling from Cradle Coast, Tasmania. Their Riesling is sourced from the Oulton, Bonadale and Iris vineyards - 3 distinctly unique sites despite such proximity to one another. Fruit from the lower cropping, warmer Oulton vineyard was harvested first, before the later ripening Bonadale and Iris fruit arrived at the winery Thanks to aggressive leaf plucking and the maritime conditions, their do not experience much of the disease pressure and fruit loss that can occur when ripening Riesling. Vines are meticulously leaf plucked in early February.

Taste Profile: Pale gold in color, it has an inviting nose of lemon peel, grapefruit, green apple, and a hint of chalk. Pure and expressive. Lively on entry, the acidity carries all the way through and delivers a powerful punch. Juicy and moreish, with a fine texture and powerful persistance.

Winemaking Process: Fruit was harvested gently while cold and put direct into press. Following mild clarification, half of the juice was fermented in tank with our house style yeast. The other half was racked to large format neutral barrels, where a wild fermentation was encouraged. At the desired residual sugar level, fermentation was ceased and a 2 month lees stirring program was implemented to promote textural diversity.