2009 Riesling
AROMA & TASTE
It has lemon and lime flavours along with a hint of spice. The gravelly minerality and high acidity are softened by a slight sweetness and the finish is refreshingly dry. The slight sweetness and spicy notes make it a perfect accompaniment to Asian food, ripe cheeses or seafood.
VITICULTURAL PRACTICES
The vines are predominantly 198-19 clone with some 110 clone to provide depth of flavour. The rootstock is a mix of 101-14 and 3309, both low vigour rootstocks which limit crop and enhance flavour intensity. Vines were hand thinned to reduce the number of bunches, resulting in a very low crop load of less than 0.3kg per vine. The grapes were hand harvested.
WINE MAKING DETAILS
Fruit was gently pressed to tank and settled with enzyme for 48 hours. The clear juice was then racked to tank and inoculated with selected yeast strains. The ferment was arrested when balance with acid and sugar was achieved.
Food and Wine Matching
The slight sweetness and spicey notes make it a perfect accompaniment to Asian food. The citrus flavours mean it would compliment white fish served with lemon. The weight means it would work well with ripe cheese or seafood.
This wine is great on its own but also the slight sweetness mean it would suit a light fruit based summer pudding such as eton mess or pavlova – to match the acidity of the strawberries but the high acidity would cut through the cream.
