Blackenbrook Vineyard
Blackenbrook
Reserve
St Jacques
Blackenbrook Gewürztraminer 2008
Richly perfumed with rose-petal, Turkish Delight and spice flavours, this is a highly aromatic wine with a deliciously soft texture and a lingering off-dry finish.
It will benefit from bottle ageing and we recommend to enjoy it between now and 2010.
Ideal serving temperature: 15°C
- 100% Blackenbrook fruit from our Home block
- Moutere clay soil with a layer of sandy loam
- All vines grafted on site
Focus on healthy soil and strong plants
Excellent spring weather resulted in almost perfect pollination. A warm summer brought along healthy canopy growth leading to the earliest harvest ever.
Hand-picked and hand-sorted on 19 to 22 March at optimum ripeness
22.9 - 25.6 Brix
- Extended skin contact before whole bunch pressing
- Gravity-fed from press area to main winery
- Cool fermentation, stopped at approx 9g/ltr natural residual sugar
- Extended lees contact in stainless steel
- Minimal pumping and gentle filtration
- No fining agents have been used
Bottled on 31 July 2008 under screw capsules
14.2% Alcohol
What they say...
Air New Zealand Wine Awards 2008Silver Medal
Michael Cooper - Buyer's GuideA consistently delicious wine. The estate-grown, exotically perfumed 2008 vintage is an Alsace style, hand-picked very ripe (over 24 brix), with substantial body (14.5 per cent alcohol) and a sliver of sweetness (8 grams/litre of residual sugar). It has fresh pear and spice aromas, and the flavours show lovely delicacy, harmony and richness.
[91/100] Sam Kim - Wine OrbitA beautifully perfumed nose displaying mango, rose petal and subtle spice characters. The superbly weighted palate shows silky texture, rounded mouthfeel and gentle acidity. There's a touch of sweetness (8 g/l) which works brilliantly with the gentle acidity. A beautifully harmonised wine showing excellent varietal expression.Jo Burzynska - Viva, New Zealand Herald
At its best: now to 2012.
Sue Courtney - Wine of the WeekBlackenbrook is a relatively new Nelson estate that has swiftly established itself as one of the most exciting producers of Aromatics in the region.
Blackenbrook Gewurztraminer 2008 is spicy and grapey - you can taste the flavours of the grapes while fermentation has enhanced the forward spiciness.Warren Barton - Southland Times
An aromatic wine that's good enough to dab behind the ears, but even better to consume. Spicy and seductively smooth. Off-dry.