Late Harvest Dessert Wine WAIPARA 2009
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Late Harvest Dessert Wine WAIPARA 2009 About the Wine Awards Vintage 2009 Spiegelau International Wine Alcohol 12% Competition 2011 pH 3.8 TA 9.5g/L Residual Sugar 160g/L Riesling 100% Waipara Region New Zealand International wine Show 2010 tasting notes The highly favourable vintage has resulted in a classic sweet wine with well balanced acidity. Aromas of mandarin and Meyer lemon are balanced with luscious manuka honey, ripe pear and clove - the finish is sweetly sublime. This late harvest style Riesling from the Waipara Valley, of North Canterbury, clearly reflects the intensity and spiciness for which this region is renowned. food matching This wine is excellent as an after dinner drink or accompanied with blue cheese and desserts. It is particularly suited to the ripe flavours of aged and complex cheeses. Perfect for drinking now and over the next two to ten years. viticulture and winemaking This Late Harvest Dessert wine is made from 100% Riesling grapes which are sourced from the Waipara Valley of North Canterbury. We believe that the extra cool climate and the lime stone soils of this region produce some of the best late harvest and botrytised Rieslings in the country. To enhance the intensity and flavours of our dessert wine, the Riesling grapes are left hanging on the vines until a quarter to one third of the bunches are shrivelled to raisins by noble botrytis before they are hand harvested. The grapes are then very slowly pressed so that the maximum sweetness is extracted from the shrivelled berries. The grape juice is allowed to settle naturally and the clear juice is fermented at low temperatures with naturally complementing yeast strains so that the natural vibrancy, intense fruit flavours and aromas of the wine are preserved and enhanced. This late harvest Riesling wine style balances tingling natural acidity and minerality with the luscious sweetness of late harvested grapes. www.toitoiwines.co.nz Toi Toi Wines • PO Box 10618 NSMC Auckland 0730 • Winery 41 Gouland Rd Spring Creek Marlborough Ph + 64 2 1935 849 Fax +64 478 9565 [email protected] .