Blackenbrook Vineyard

Blackenbrook

 

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Blackenbrook Riesling 2008

Blackenbrook Riesling 2008
Blackenbrook Riesling 2008
 

Made in an off-dry style, this vibrant Riesling boasts elegant floral and mineral flavours, terrific fruit purity and real energy.

The wine will benefit from bottle ageing and we recommend to enjoy it between now and 2010.

Soul mates from the kitchen:

Chilled zucchini flower soup with lemon infused olive oil, hearty shellfish casserole, baked goat cheese parcels, Choucroute Garnie (Alsatian Speciality)

  • 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
  • Clones: Gm 110 and Gm 198-19
  • 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 28 March

  • Whole bunch pressed
  • Gravity-fed from press area to main winery
  • Cool fermentation, stopped at 10g/ltr natural residual sugar.
  • Extended fine lees contact in stainless steel
  • Minimal pumping and gentle filtration
      
Bottled on 31 July 2008 under screw capsules
13.0% Alcohol


What they say...

Bob Campbell MW-5 stars [95/100] Bob Campbell MW
Intense, vibrant Riesling with strong lime/citrus and mineral flavours, great purity and wonderfully fine acidity. Made in a medium/dry style, the wine achieves real tension between acidity and sweetness.

 Bob Campbell MW - Gourmet Traveller - Wine
One of the Top Twelve New Zealand Rieslings.
Michael Cooper-5 stars Michael Cooper
Full of potential, yet already drinking well, this estate-grown wine is tight and rich, with substantial body, a sliver of sweetness (10 grams/litre of residual sugar), and lovely depth of citrusy, slightly spicy flavours.  From the earliest harvest to date, it's still very youthful, with notable ripeness, delicacy and length.

 Jo Burzynska - Viva, New Zealand Herald

Blackenbrook is a relatively new Nelson estate that has swiftly established itself as one of the most exciting producers of Aromatics in the region.


 Warren Barton - Southland Times
A classy, intense and substantial wine with pure citrus, mineral flavours and a shake of spice. Already a stunner and its still unfolding. Medium dry.


 Neil Hodgson - The Nelson Mail
Another fine aromatic wine from Nelson.  Deep, tart, floral citrus flavours are balanced with a touch of residual sugar.  Even though this young wine is quite tight right now, it is perfect with sweet Nelson seafood and will develop a lovely citrus richness with five to eight years in the cellar.  Perfect summer drinking.