Description
Region: Marlborough
Winemaker: Marcus Wright/Rebecca Wiffen
Alcohol: 12.5% pH: 3.02 RS: 8.2g/L
TA: 7.4g/L Brix: 20.1
Tasting Notes
Enticing lemon and lime aromas are complimented by delicate floral notes. The palate is
elegant, bright and fresh yet has lovely concentration and rapier like acidity that is
balanced by a touch of residual sugar.
Winemaker’s Notes
Gently pressed to produce 600 litres/tonne, the pressing were discarded. The juice was
cold settled for seventy two hours, before being fermented at cool temperatures to retain
the wines naturally bright fruit characters. We deliberately choose to stop the
fermentation to retain a small amount of natural sweetness, post fermentation we also
allowed the wine to rest on the yeast lees for several months.
Viticulture Notes
This is a single vineyard wine for our Waihopai Valley property. On this vineyard the clay
influenced soils and the high diurnal temperature variation produces highly aromatic
wines with a lovely acid spine, we bunched thinned then vines to ensure a moderate crop
and lightly leaf plucked. We harvested the grapes in lovely condition, with just a hint of
‘noble rot’ which contributes a little stonefruit character to the palate.
Cellaring
Riesling is a long keeper, drink it young and fresh or keep some for five years.
Food Match
Grilled white fish and a simple salad.
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