Riesling

This tasty dry Riesling comes from the beautiful windswept vineyard owned by Craggy Range in the sweepingly stunning Te Muna Road in Martinborough. 

The grapes in this wine were 100% whole bunch pressed and fermented in a  combination of stainless steel and large oak cuves with 100% innoculated yeasts.

The wine was matured for four months before bottling. It's fresh, youthful, vibrant and zingy with intense lime and green apple flavour notes, a medium body and long finish. It drinks beautifully now and will age superbly for at least five to six years. 

Great Central Otago Riesling in a medium dry, succulent, deliciously drinkable style with flavours of lime zest and lemon. Dicey Wines is owned by the Dicey brothers, Matt and James, whose parents were pioneers of viticulture and winemaking in Bannockburn, Central Otago, when they co-founded Mt Difficulty Wines.

Black Estate - This Riesling is grown on the rolling slopes of our Damsteep Vineyard.  The site's dense clay and mineral limestone provide weight, texture and salivating freshness.  A true character.

The historic town of Langenlois is the center of the Kamptal appellation and home to the Riesling vines in this wine, which grow on the terraced slopes northwest of the town. This area is completely formed of metamorphic and crystalline rock soils. This elegant Riesling, bottled after over six months of ageing on the lees, is characterized by a fine stonefruit aroma and juicy minerality, which unmistakably reflects its origin and the character of the people who live here.
Urgestein describes the whole family of crystalline rock soils, on which the vines are growing.

Domaine Boeckel's Alsace Riesling is a commanding expression of dry, light bodied white wine with character to burn and comes from France's only wine region that was once part of Germany. This is a great white wine with a long life ahead, if willpower is in good supply. Otherwise, a beautiful refreshing wine right now with seafood, white cheese or a platter of cured ham.

One of the greatest Rieslings from a special vineyard site. We receive a small allocation of this exceptionally beautifully balanced medium dry Riesling. It's made from one of Germany's great Rieslings from a hallowed vineyard site that has been revered for centuries for its ability to ripen this great white grape to a peachy flavour spectrum while retaining fresh lime zest aromas and crisp balancing acidity for a long finish. 

What the critics say...

Lively and subtle nose of ripe yellow apple, white peach and wild flowers. Juicy and elegant with a vibrant acidity
that lights this up beautifully. A touch of perceptible grape sweetness at the front of the medium-bodied palate, but
the long, wet stone finish is admirably dry. Spot on balance. Drink or hold.
JamesSuckling.com

Grava dessert Riesling is a delicious concentrated white wine made to drink with citrus flavoured sweet food and it is equally a great match with fresh goat's cheese. Both make for a beautiful flavour combination, enhancing the depth and richness of this wine.

The hand harvested grapes in this late harvest Riesling include a portion of noble rot (also known as botrytis), an interesting fungus which shrivels the grapes prior to fermentation, concentrating both the juice inside them and the flavours in the wine. 

This wine tastes sweet, rich and full bodied. Every sip lingers. 

A field blend of Pinto Gris and Riesling from Otiake in the Waitake valley.

Delicately poised and floral on the nose with white fruit and lemon pith and a touch of complexing minerality. The palate is ripe and deep with stonefruit, citrus and further floral notes leading to a deep and spicy finish. A pure cool climate, aromatic wine.

Winning Riesling (literally) from sun drenched vineyards in Nelson. This impressively structured win was a trophy winner at the 2023 Global Fine Wine Challenge, receiving the Trophy for top Riesling. Judges praised its freshness, vibrancy, structure and potential to continue to develop with age.
Is Riesling the most under rated grape variety and wine grown and made in New Zealand today?
Try this gorgeous Riesling and you be the judge.

If you like Riesling, you will love this exceptional high quality and super concentrated, rich, dry example from one of the Mosel River's most important and dramatic steep vineyards, Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr. This luscious wine is balanced by the freshness of Riesling's naturally high acidity which adds complexity and backbone to every sip of this flavoursome, citrusy and full bodied Riesling. 

Fritz Haag is one of the great producers in the Mosel region and this shale vineyard is one of the great sites, named after the famous sundial which is situated in the heart of the vineyard; hence the name sonnenuhr - German for sundial. 

The Haag family has making wine since 1605 and been instrumental in the development of Brauneberger, a place recognised as one of the Mosel?s best wine areas since the sixth century. The winery is headed today by Oliver Haag, whose father Wilhelm (son of Fritz) became recognised as a Riesling world leader, awarded the deceptively simple title of Winegrower of the Year in 1994.

Chard Farm's tasty Riesling is made with grapes grown on the Arena Block in the Viper Vineyard at Parkburn. This vineyard is planted on a steep north  facing slope which enhances grape ripening and produces flavours of ripe lemon and concentrated apple and lime. It's lively and light bodied with great depth of flavour adding a surprise deliciousness to this wine. The 2019 Riesling will reward those with the patience to cellar the wine for up to seven years.

This wine is a labour of love and was made from hand picked grapes grown on the organically certified Ashmore Vineyard in Fairhall, Marlborough. A combination of spontaneous yeast and inoculated ferments (50/50) were taken to 12.5% ABV and residual sugar of 19.5 grams per litre, which makes this wine medium dry in style. It tastes like lemon zest and fresh ripe Granny Smith apples on speed? a gorgeous refreshing, full bodied Marlborough white wine made from one of the greatest grapes on Earth. 

A must try.