Three Miners Herringbone Central Otago Riesling 2019

Description

• Medium-dry style
• Lime zest & curd
• White florals
• Fruity acidity

"Offering fabulous fruit purity and elegance, the wine shows white flesh nectarine, lemon/lime peel and white floral notes on the nose, leading to a concentrated and focused palate that's beautifully flowing and linear. The wine offers wonderful persistence with whispering sweetness and bright acidity, finishing long and mouth-watering. At its best: now to 2029" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Jun 2020

"Attractive medium-dry Riesling with lime-citrus, white flowers and subtle tree fruit and apricot flavours. Fruity acidity perfectly balances subtle sweetness giving the wine a pleasing tension. Deliciously drinkable now but should develop well" Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, Jun 2020

Pale lemon with lime hues. Fragrant with passionfruit, lemon, lime zest, grapefruit, lime curd, apricot and honeysuckle. Off dry with a silky entry and a juicy burst of citrus and stonefruit. Balanced with crunchy acidity, good minerality and ripe textural phenolics leading to a long and zesty finish.

The fruit was hand harvested on the 21st April 2019 at 20.0 brix from the Three Miners vineyard, near Alexandra.  The fruit was whole bunch pressed to tank and the juice was inoculated with a selected wine yeast to undergo fermentation. The fermentation was stopped retaining around 21g/L of residual sugar.

Herringbone - Flat and terraced areas were mined for gold using a ground slicing method where the larger rocks were put into piles in a herringbone pattern to direct water and washed material through a sluice channel to separate out the gold.

Food Pairing: Poultry, seafood and Asian dishes.