Riesling Wines

This wine comprises fruit from both Watervale (45%) and Clare (55%) vineyards, harvested approximately 3 weeks apart in March. The earlier Watervale parcel contributes wonderful apple and sherbet along with a mineral dryness, while the slightly riper Clare component provides lemon zest and lime fruit characters.

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.

Grown on three distinctly different sites, two within the Wairau River Valley giving a  delicious citrus (lemon and lime) flavour profile fine acidity and most interestingly an amazing minerality. The third site is in the southern Brancott Valley with a much more exotic fruit flavour profile – stone fruit (apricot), citrus (mandarin) and spice (cinnamon).

The 2009 vintage again highlighted the trademark lime and mineral notes from our family vineyard in the Clare Valley. Handpicked fruit was whole bunch pressed before undergoing a long, cool fermentation to capture the purity and integrity of the estate grown fruit and to capture the abundant lime, citrus and honeysuckle aromas. The palate mirrors the aromas and provides bright, crisp acidity typical in Clare, ensuring length and structure.  An elegant and lively wine that cans either be appreciated young or carefully cellared.