Terrace Edge Ries 08

This is classic Waipara Riesling with its intense jasmine and lime florals and subtle, but flavour-building palate which has superb fruit weight and concentration, with finesse and great line and length. A medium style at 13.1% alc and 18 g/l rs, this was made from hand-picked fruit harvested at a low 1.9 tonne/acre and fermented with indigenous yeasts along with 5% botrytised fruit to add wild honey complexities. A Riesling of sheer class. The Chapmans intend to investigate the increasingly popular Germanic, low alcohol style of Riesling to complement the proven Waipara expression in the future.  RC May 09

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