Review: Wines of Wedding Oak, 2025 Releases

We’ve covered the wines of Texas’ Wedding Oak only once before. Today we’re back with a trio of bottlings from the Hill Country-based operation.

2024 Wedding Oak Castanet Rose – Made from a blend of grapes (though the website says Cinsault), this is a surprisingly fragrant and fruity wine that balances up-front strawberry and almond notes with late-arriving citrus in the form of lemon and mandarin orange. Gently tropical on the finish, with plenty of acidity to keep the palate from ever getting soggy. Bottled at a reasonable 13.5%. A- / $31

2024 Wedding Oak Riesling Texas High Plains – Approachable but quite floral, this racy riesling is laced with white flowers both fresh and dried, notes of white peaches, lemon curd, and gooseberries layering in fruit and gentle acidity as the wine develops. Potpourri notes are persistent and cling heavily to the finish, offering an aromatic if perhaps overly aggressive, flowery conclusion to the experience. B+ / $32

2023 Wedding Oak Texitalia – Intended as an Italian-style blend of Sangiovese, Montepulciano, and Aglianico, this is a fairly dusty, dusky offering heavy on earth and thick with anise and char. While ample notes of cherry and some raspberry lead the way (and nod toward a generally Italian vibe), the wine is aggressively smoky from the start. The wine pairs well enough with heartier dishes like smoked meats, though its relatively tight palate and short finish don’t quite keep it propped up over the long term as the wine evolves in glass. B / $37

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