Blackenbrook Vineyard

Our Nelson Gewürztraminer 2009 boasts
a silken texture and tantalising flavours
of rose petal, ginger and cloves – a richly perfumed, medium-dry wine with a finish that won’t quit.

It will benefit from bottle ageing
and we recommend to enjoy it between
now and 2012.

Ideal serving temperature: 15°C

·    100% Blackenbrook fruit from our Home block
·    Moutere clay soil with a layer of sandy loam
·    Focus on healthy soil and sustainability

·    After a good Nelson summer with plenty of sunshine, we headed into a wet February.  Fortunately the good weather returned and we enjoyed a picture-book harvest with warm days and cool nights – excellent conditions for flavour development.

·    Extremely small crop of only 2 Tonnes /ha
·    Hand-picked and hand-sorted on 31 March at optimum ripeness
·    24.2 Brix

·    Extended skin contact before whole bunch pressing
·    Gravity-fed from press area to main winery
·    Cool fermentation, stopped at 19g/ltr natural residual sugar
·    Extended fine lees contact in stainless steel
·    Minimal pumping and gentle filtration
·    No fining agents have been used 

·    Bottled on 31 July 2009 under DIAM cork
·    13.5% Alcohol