"richly textured and luscious showing both excellent weight and length"
This wine has a rich complex nose with aromas of baked pear and quince. The palate unfurls with a delicate texture finishing with hints of caramelized stone fruit and shortbread. The wine is richly textured and luscious showing both excellent weight and length, best savoured with spontaneity and deep belly laughs.
Hand tended in small batches from wine to bottle, low crops and ultra ripe fruit are ultilised to produce premium wine that has become renowned for exhibiting intense fruit characteristics and classical elegance.
Wairau River produces wines exclusively sourced from our family estate vineyards first established in 1978 by Phil and Chris Rose.