2015 Champion ‘lower alcohol’ Block 8 Riesling
$19.00
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This vibrant and exotic Riesling has a mixture of fresh lime, grapefruit zest and passion fruit aromas. Crisp red apple and vibrant acidity balanced with a delicious amount of sweetness gives this wine a generous mouthfeel with a luscious creamy texture.
This vibrant and exotic Riesling has a mixture of fresh lime, grapefruit zest and passion fruit aromas. Crisp red apple and vibrant acidity balanced with a delicious amount of sweetness gives this wine a generous mouthfeel with a luscious creamy texture.
Gold Medal – 2015 Avenues International Aromatic Wine Competition
Trophy Medal – 2015 Marlborough Wine Show
Gold Medal – 2015 Marlborough Wine Show
Silver – 2015 Drinks Business Masters of Riesling
Silver – 2016 Decanter World Wine Awards
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92 points / 4.5 stars      Bob Campbell MW
Moderately sweet, luscious Riesling with mandarin, honey, musk and tropical flower flavours. Sweetness is perfectly balanced by fruity acidity. Appealing wine that is deliciously drinkable now. Great value at this price.
94 points / 5 stars      Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
A gorgeous medium-style riesling, it is beautifully fragrant on the nose displaying fresh apple, grapefruit, nectarine and lemon zest characters, followed by a delicately weighted palate that offers appealing sweetness (42 g/l) and mouth-watering acidity. It is brilliantly balanced and harmonious, great drinking now but will evolve magnificently too. At its best: now to 2022.
Viticulture
Our Riesling vines are planted on soils sloping slightly to the south, which cools the vines enough to delay the ripening process thus allowing the flavours to develop long before the sugars can accumulate. Throughout the season, the vines are left to battle with nature alone, this lets the vines develop a balance with nature where they fight for themselves as we think it is unnecessary to always be tending to the grapes and micromanage the land. We like to call it – Free-range viticulture.
Winemaking
Almost crystal clear juice is inoculated with SIHA 7 yeast and controlled with cooling to keep the fermentation as slow as possible.
8 days is all that is needed to convert the right amount of sugar into 8% alcohol and for the balance of the wine to be perfect. Over the next 3 months, the wine is stirred 8 times to help flavour the wine and create lovely complexity. The wine is then left to relax until  bottling…
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Wine Analysis
 pH      2.80
TA Â Â Â Â Â 8.9 g/L
Alc     8.7%
RSÂ Â Â Â Â Â 43.0 g/L
The Block 8 wine is made specifically in a lower alcohol style to showcase the spectacular flavours of our Riesling grapes. As well as being low in alcohol, it has been crafted to create a beautifully harmonious wine which is fresh and vibrant.
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