2024 Egon Muller Kanta Riesling, Adelaide Hills

Egon Müller Kanta Riesling from the Adelaide Hills is a unique and captivating collaboration between one of Germany’s most legendary Riesling producers and the cool-climate precision of South Australia’s high country. Born from the vision of famed Mosel winemaker Egon Müller and his desire to express Riesling in the southern hemisphere, Kanta is a wine that fuses old-world finesse with new-world energy.

The fruit is sourced from select vineyards in the Adelaide Hills, where altitude, cold nights, and a long growing season preserve acidity and allow for slow, balanced ripening. The soils here—mainly sandy loams over clay and shale—lend a mineral edge and clarity that shine through in the final wine.

Kanta is crafted with restraint and purity in mind. The wine is fermented slowly at cool temperatures using cultured yeasts, with extended lees contact post-fermentation to build texture and mouthfeel without compromising freshness. There’s no oak—just stainless steel to preserve the variety’s vivid aromatics and pristine structure.

In the glass, Egon Müller’s Kanta Riesling is pure and focused—aromas of lime zest, green apple, jasmine, and wet stone lead into a crisp, taut palate. There’s bright citrus, hints of white peach, and a lovely saline minerality on the finish, all supported by razor-sharp acidity. It’s dry, linear, and age-worthy, with a quiet intensity that echoes the Rieslings of the Mosel but with an unmistakably Adelaide Hills clarity.

Kanta is a thinking person’s Riesling—elegant, refreshing, and full of detail, ideal with oysters, Thai dishes, or simply on its own.