Greywacke, Riesling, Marlborough, New Zealand
A virtual fruit salad of mandarin segments, white fleshed peaches and crisp apples, sprinkled with lemon blossom and a dollop of honey. This is a lively, aromatic off-dry style of Riesling that delivers a sherbet-like balance of bright, natural acidity and a subliminal touch of sweetness. Back to Greywacke Wine
| Winemaker | Kevin Judd |
|---|---|
| Organic | Yes |
| SKU | 300100 |
| ABV | 12.00% |
Greywacke is a 100% organic Riesling grown at Ashmore Vineyard in Fairhall, adjacent to the mouth of the Brancott Valley in Marlborough. Hand-picked fruit was whole-bunch pressed using a low maceration press cycle, the juice cold-settled then racked to fermentation vessels. Half was inoculated in stainless steel using cultured yeast; the balance in French oak barriques where it underwent spontaneous indigenous yeast fermentation. Transferred to a stainless steel tank where fermentation was stopped, then filled into old barrels and remained on yeast lees for 6 months. A virtual fruit salad of mandarin segments, white fleshed peaches and crisp apples, sprinkled with lemon blossom and a dollop of honey. This is a lively, aromatic off-dry style of Riesling that delivers a sherbet-like balance of bright, natural acidity and a subliminal touch of sweetness. Back to Greywacke Wine
"Greywacke's Riesling offers bold aromas and flavors of green apple, lime and rosemary, even a touch of peach, along with more weight and texture than most German versions. At 19.5 grams per liter of residual sugar and 12.5% alcohol, it's a rich, ripe wine, verging on full-bodied, and half of it was barrel-fermented (in older French oak), further accentuating the velvety mouthfeel."
92 POINTS - Decanter Magazine "New Zealand Wines to Try: Beyond Sauvignon" (Tina Gellie), Feb 2018
90 POINTS - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Lisa Perrotti-Brown)
4.5 POINTS (Excellent) - Michael Cooper Buyer's Guide to NZ Wines
4.5 POINTS - The NZ Listener "20 Top Rieslings for Summer Sipping" Jan 2017
91 Points - robertparker.com
A wonderfully nuanced fruit salad of mandarin segments, white peaches and crisp apples, with notes of lemon blossom and honeyed richness. A lively, aromatic off-dry Riesling that delivers a sherbet-like balance of bright, natural acidity and a fine touch of sweetness.
