Wild Earth North Otago Riesling 2022

Description

Apple, Floral, Off-dry

"Exquisite and pure, the wine shows lemon/lime zest, crunchy apple and white floral aromas with a hint of toasty complexity. The concentrated palate displays brilliant focus and persistency, superbly enhanced with subtle sweetness and beautifully pitched acidity, finishing refined and deliciously appealing. Style: Off-dry. At its best: now to 2034" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Aug 2024

"A vibrant and vivacious bouquet, a delicious palate with flavours of lie and elderflower, lemon, apple and white rose. An off-dry expression with some sweetness with contrasting acidity. Flavours of apricot stone and pineapple, citrus and tree fruits. Salivating and refreshing, a delicious aperitif style, best drinking from 2024 through 2030+" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Aug 2024

"Tight, zesty nose like sherbet. Detailed with tiny sparks of apples, flowers and seashell. The palate is lean, lower-alcohol, light, linear and medium-dry with evident juicy sweetness. The tangy, puckering finish manages to hide the sugar under a whack of reverberating acidity. Grainy and fine pithiness at the end. A quiet, zingy wine" Stephen Wong, The Real Review, Aug 2024

"Bright, even, pale yellow. The nose is gently full and poised, with aromas of citrus and peels, golden apple, stonefruit, blossom and mineral threads. Medium-light bodied, off-dry to taste, aromas of golden apple, lime and zest intertwined with peach, blossom, saline and chalky minerals. The pristine fruit shows a sense of purity; crisp, invigorating acidity is well-balanced by sweetness. Fine, chalky minerals contribute to the palate texture and a hint of smokiness. This low-alcohol Riesling is refreshing, well-balanced and packed with purity and texture" Candice Chow, Raymond Chan Wine Reviews, Aug 2024

"Beautiful crisp young Riesling with fresh acidity balancing rich peachy suggesting a cool southern climate, which is where the grapes in this wine grew in North Otago. Flavours here range from intense lime and green apples to zesty lemon and there is brightness in every lingering sip" Joelle Thomson, Aug 2024

This beautifully balanced Riesling is full of inviting aromas of nectarine, apple blossom, citrus and white pepper. The palate is refreshing and bright with sweet lemon, crunchy pear, and green apple. Beautifully balanced, it has an intense front palate that crescendos to a complex, long and mineral finish with distinctive acidity that ensures great potential for aging. Enjoyable at release, this wine will continue to evolve for 12+ years.

The Waitaki Valley in North Otago is renowned for its limestone rich soils which give great minerality and focus to the wines. The maritime climate makes the North Otago region different to the more highly planted semi- continental Central Otago region and the unique limestone rich soils result in wines with crunchy natural acidity and distinctive minerality.

The 2021-2022 growing season was “classic” with no frosts in this vineyard which also had a great flowering resulting in a full yield with healthy grapes. Autumn was unseasonably warm, but a long hang time was still achieved delivering fully developed flavours.