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- Bottle: £11.95
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Waipara Springs Premo Dry Riesling 2006 Waipara
Producer: Waipara Springs
Tasting Notes:
Aromatically infused with lemons, lime and ripe apricots with a hint of free sulphur and barrel spice, this Premo Riesling has botrytis influence with a supple texture of bees wax and spice with charred citrus rind flavours. Dominated with clean lemon zest and limes the 30 grams of residual sugar is perfectly balanced with racy acidity and a spritz of natural carbon dioxide, achieving layered complexity with a great acid backbone .
Grape Variety: 100% Riesling
ABV: 10.5%
Country/Region: New Zealand
Vintage: 2006
Waipara Springs is a small family owned vineyard and winery located in the heart of the Waipara Valley 50 minutes north of Christchurch city. Jointly owned by the Moore and Grant families, Jill Moore manages the wine bar and cellar door sales, Bruce Moore the vineyard and son Andrew is the General Manager. The original planting of Chardonnay vines in 1982 by Bruce Moore, a pioneer of Waipara viticulture has been expanded to 25 hectares (64 acres) of Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The Waipara Springs Winery and Restaurant are house in attractive old farm buildings built as a stables and grain shed before the First World War by local horse trainer Tommy Walker. The Winery itself was converted from the old wool shed in 1990 and has been further expanded with the addition of the Balmoral fire station building in 1992 and again with the old Cheviot fire station that was moved to the site in 1996. The Waipara Springs Estate Vineyard from which Premo wines are solely sourced has a terroir that renders wines totally unique. Derived from a prehistoric lakebed at the centre of the Waipara Valley floor the vineyard soils are a rich blend of clay and limestone. With vines sheltered from the prevailing easterly winds by the Teviotdale range, high midsummer heat combined with relatively low rainfall during the growing season along with long warm days and cold nights during harvest provide near perfect conditions for high quality fruit.
AWARDS:
2009 Vintage
2010 International Wine Challenge - BRONZE
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