Description: The 2009 Riesling is pale gold in colour, has strong aromas of orange blossom and iced tea while the long minerally palate has flavours of apple, mandarin and lime. A slightly sweet core is balanced by racy acidity and a little ‘spritzig’ freshness.
Details: After picking and crushing the grapes in the cool of the night, the free run juice was clarified by cold settling and racking. It was inoculated with X5 yeast and the fermentation took place over 13 days in stainless steel tanks at low temperatures. Malo-lactic fermentation was inhibited. The wine was lightly filtered before bottling at low temperatures in order to capture dissolved C02 in the bottle for the spritz.