Forrest Estate Wines

This 2009 sweet wine is gorgeous – adding to a long pedigree of superb Forrest, Marlborough Botrytis Rieslings. It’s deliciously ripe, exudes lovely citrus fruit, apricot and spice flavours, Botrytised honeyed fragrance, finely poised, crisp pure and rich. A world class sweet wine.

The Doctors Riesling Profile Now assuming cult status in the New Zealand wine scene the Doctors’ Riesling continues to amaze wine critics and novices alike. Grown on  stony Condors bend vineyard at Renwick the fruit ripens slowly, in Marlborough’s cool dry autumn climate, gaining flavour interesting yet retaining all important acidity. Harvested early at low sugars the grapes are gently pressed, cold settled and given a cool slow fermentation which was arrested around 8.9% alcohol and 44g/l residual sugar. The final decision on when to stop the wine fermentation is very much decided on taste and acid/sugar balance.

Forrest Botrytised Riesling is drawn from three vineyards located within the Wairau Valley. Two are on geologically young, stoney, free draining gravels close to the river; producing intense citrus aromas and pristine crisp acidity. The third, within the Brancott Valley, lies on geologically older soils, crushed stones with a portion of clay which gives the fruit flavours of stone fruit and Asian spice, softer acidity and tremendous mouth texture.