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Upper Bench Estate Winery Riesling 2025 Wine Review

Upper Bench Estate Winery Riesling 2025

Upper Bench Estate Winery Riesling 2025

Naramata Bench, British Columbia BC, V.Q.A., Canada

Community Score: 92/100

Community Reviews: 1

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Price: $26.00

Drink: 2020-2024

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 13.5%

Sweetness: Medium Dry

Wine Type: White Wine


Winery: Upper Bench Estate Winery

Agent: L'Acadie Vineyards

Riesling food pairings: chicken balti, fresh spinach and chapattis, seared tuna.

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Pricing & Stock Information

  • BCLDB
  • 598805
  • $26.00 
  • 1 bottles
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  • 598805

Reviews and Ratings

Deborah Podurgiel WSET IV Candidate - Certified Sommelier rated this wine as 92/100 with the following review:

Love the balance and cornucopia of fruit aromas and flavours on this 2025 Estate Winery Riesling from Upper Bench. Dry, medium-bodied and balanced with medium-plus acidity, it’s so fresh on the nose and silky on the palate.

Produced from 100% Riesling grapes sourced from the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, the wine is showing medium intensity aromas and flavours of petrol, honeysuckle, white florals, mandarin, ripe yellow apple, pear, lemon zesty on the palate with a long, super fresh finish on a mineral note. There are no hard edges on this Riesling, so chill it up and sip it in celebration of the last days of summer or pour it with a green vegetable curry or pad Thai. Enjoy it now through 2030. Tasted August 2026.

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