Grape Variety: 100% Riesling

Growing Region: Waipara Valley, New Zealand

Chief Winemaker: Simon McGeorge

TASTING NOTE:
If you enjoy well crafted wine - and have even the slightest sweet tooth - this wine is a real treat. This unique wine is crafted from 100% Riesling fruit sourced from The Mound Vineyard in the Waipara Valley, grown on gravely and silt loam soils. This wine has an extra level of complexity in the winemaking and in the layers of flavour - as it is a blend of several years, wine made in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 hence this non-vintage blend.

To get the most concentrated flavours Simon and his team pressed frozen fruit, then after a gradual fermentation in tank the wine was racked to a mixture of barrels for maturation. The blend is a mixture of previous vintage wines, all adding different characters and textures. 2009 was aged in oak barrels for 36 months; the 2010 was for about 28 months, 2011 for 16 months and 2012 for 4 months.

The resulting blend has a residual sugar of 200g/L, and with balancing acidity. In the glass, you have a rich golden colour. On the nose clover honey, pineapple, vanilla and dried apricot aromas lead to a rich decadent sweet spectrum of tropical flavours with subtle oak highlights. The fresh acidity and lingering flavours make this luscious wine seem remarkably fresh and light. This wine is really a treat for your taste-buds Decadent, rich sweetness and intense lifted summer fruits, bold and well structured. The luscious lingering flavours will have you and your guests asking for more. Chill and serve at 6-8C.

CELLARING POTENTIAL:
Drinking perfectly well this season; and will age for another 8-10 years.

SUGGESTED FOOD MATCHES:
Perfect wine match with fresh fruits, fruit tarts, homemade cheese cake and blue cheeses, enjoy.

Candy for adults, treat yourself.