2018 TWR (Te Whare Ra) "M" SV5182 Marlborough Riesling

95SK

93BC

93JS

93RC

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Sam Kim

Reviewed December 2018

This Riesling is 'M' for meticulous and magnificent; the sunny-sweet bouquet shows lemon zest, lime sorbet, blossom and nectarine characters, leading to a gorgeously expressed palate that is focused and lively. The wine is gracefully slim yet powerful and dazzling with mouth-watering fruit flavours and fine texture, superbly enhanced by elegant sweetness and exuberant acidity, finishing impressively long and seductive. Style: Medium. At its best: now to 2030.

Professional Reviews

Bob Campbell

Review Date: 01/2019

Quite a concentrated and weighty Riesling with tangy green apple, oyster shell, mineral, lime zest and subtle white flower flavours. Moderate sweetness is balanced by reasonably assertive acidity to give an off-dry and lengthy finish.

James Suckling

Review Date: 10/2018

This is the medium Riesling from Te Whare Ra. It loses none of the elegant purity of apples and limes and twists gently to off-dry at the finish. Drink now. Screw cap.

Raymond Chan

Review Date: 12/2018

Bright, even, light straw-yellow colour with suggestions of green hues, lighter on the edge. The nose is elegantly with pure and refined aromas of exotic citrus and lime fruit with an amalgam of honeysuckle and florals. The aromatics build in richness showing plenty of presence, Medium sweet in taste and light-bodied, the palate has rich and open flavours of ripe limes and lemons enriched by subtle notes of honeysuckle and yellow florals. The flavours blossom to become mouthfilling, and are enlivened by good acidity. The wine flows along a fine-textured line of fruit extract and light phenolic grip, leading to a textured, off-dry finish. This is an open, accessible medium Riesling with lime, lemon and honeysuckle flavours on palate with some fruit extract textures and soft acidity. Serve as an aperitif and mildly spicy cuisine over the next 4-5 years. Hand-picked and hand-sorted fruit from designated sections of the TWR 'Home' block, vines planted 2004 and 2007, given some skin contact and cool-fermented in tank to 10.0% alc. and 30 g/L RS, TA 8.1 g/L and pH 2.95. Certified BioGro organic.

Staff Reviews

Jacques Moreira

The "M" stands for "medium sweet" but the wine comes across much drier than it is due to its acidity. Peaches, citrous, white flower. Very enticing, and a perfection with spicy food.

Scott Beckerley

This is, just simply, GREAT Riesling! A very pretty jasmine scented nose with apricot and orange. On the palate, bright, Mandarin orange, tangerine and cherry. Simply delicious and tasted drier than the label indicates (M=Medium dry). Just lovely!

Notes

Anna and Jason Flowerday own the oldest grapevines in Marlborough and they certainly know what to do with them. Their first passion is aromatic whites and this medium-dry style, with 30 grams per liter RS, makes for an extremely smashable offering. Coming from their estate vineyard, the BioGrow number they list on their label demonstrates their commitment to organic and biodynamic farming. Showing pure fruit, elegance and age-worthiness, this is one of the most exciting wines on the shelf. Winery's note: "Our passion for making and drinking Riesling is based partly on the wide variety of styles that this variety is capable of producing. That array of styles is a double-edged sword for some, but we feel that by labelling our Rieslings true to type we can encourage the Riesling revolution. We are enamoured by the general characteristics of all great Riesling wines: purity, elegance and age-ability and feel that the growing conditions here in Marlborough allow Riesling to produce at its best it really is an unsung hero variety for this part of the world. The high sunshine hours mean that we are able to achieve ripe, fruit concentration and the cooler night time temperatures mean that we retain the natural acidity that is the hallmark of this noble variety." (Anna & Jason Flowerday) 30 g/L RS.

Details

Origin	New Zealand
Type/Varietal	Riesling
SKU	1390476