Noble Marlborough Riesling

Winemakers’ Reserve

Noble Marlborough Riesling

A golden and gracious dessert wine with honey and caramel flavours that mingle with fresh stone fruits and lime. Lingering finish.

Winemakers' Reserve Noble Marlborough Riesling - 375ml

This limited release is an exciting addition to our Winemakers’ Reserve range of wines. This wine will provide the perfect end to many special dinners over the next few years and beyond! Offering flavours of fresh stone-fruit and lime with layers of honey and caramel, the finish is soft and lingering.

Tasting Notes

Citrus notes of lime and oranges. Toffee, apricot and clover honey evident with floral elements too. A complex botrytised, (noble), nose.

Intense and fresh stone fruits and lime on entry. Honey and caramel flavours mingle with the fruit on mid-palate and lingers on the finish. Rich, sweet and viscous with a zesty focus. Great balance.

Winemaker Notes

Grapes were left on vine and the noble botrytis rot encouraged to develop. The fruit was then hand picked and the shrivelled noble bunch's selected for this dessert style wine. After crushing and steeping in the juice exuded, the berries were slowly pressed over many hours to obtain a vert sweet and concentrated syrup. This was then slowly fermented in a stainless steel vat and oak casks. The resultant wine retain a high level of residual sugars and great intensity.

Food Pairing

Firm and semi firm cheeses, dried fruit and nuts.

Technical Notes

Alc 10.5%
TA 5.96 g/L
pH 3.79
RS 164 g/L

Key Information

Region Waihopai Valley, Marlborough
Fermentation Vessel 80% in stainless steel tank balance in older oak
Malolactic None
Fining None