The wine has a rich array of arornas and flavors. lmpressions of peach, nectarine, orange and marmalade intermingle with those of guava, passionfruit, lemon and lime on the palate. Wild flower honey and bees wax notes are added by the noble botrytis. It is concentrated and super powerful in the mouth but still refined and elegant. It is also showing nice mineral complexity and lively acidity. With careful cellaring over the next decade or two other fascinating nuances should develop, including apricot and mandarin like flavors.
VITICULTURE AND WINE MAKING NOTES
The growing season was excellent for riesling. A small amount of noble botrytis developed late in the season, which has given the wine extra depth and concentration. We took great care hand selecting only bunches which contained about 50% of raisined noble botrytis fruit to make this wine. The vineyard is made up of an ice age glacier. A light surface layer of clay helps give the wines a little more depth and weight. Gentle pressing of hand picked bunches and the juice was left to settle naturally in tank. This was fermented at very low temperatures in order to retain the rich vibrant fruit characters. The wine was handled very carefully before and during bottling to help retain the natural carbon dioxide from the fermentation. This gives an impression of spritzing in the wine, which helps enhance its crispness and freshness.
FOOD MATCHING SUGGESTIONS
Ideal to serve to a wide selection of dishes like Key Lime pie with vanilla icea cream, fresh fruit desserts, powerful blue cheeses with a fruit marmalade. The wine is best served at around 8 degrees celsius.
THE PRODUCER
Gardo & Morris is a small family-run boutique New Zealand Winery. Our aim is to create exceptional single vineyard wines from New Zealand’s finest winegrowing regions. These wines are made to complement food and reflect flavours of the vineyard site and grape variety. We believe that by working with small vineyard areas we are able to pick the very best fruit and with gentle treatment in the winery tum this inta unique handcrafted wines. Benjamin Morris studied his Master of Applied Science (Oenology) at Lincoln University in New Zealand where he specialised in research on producing organic wines without the addition of preservatives. ”Creating our wines with minimal vineyard sprays and additives is very important to us as it helps us produce pure clean wines and has the added benefit of sustaining a healthy environment”.
Technical Data
Vintage 2017
Region Waipara/North Canterbury
Country New Zealand
Grape Riesling
Alcohol 10,5%
Maturation Up to 12 months in French barriques (20% new)
