Reschke

This Riesling is a fragrantly perfumed wine with intense varietal characters.

Refreshing green apple, lemon and lime characters are displayed as both lifted aromas and flavours, and linger with a clean crisp texture.

VITICULTURE

Grown in a vineyard on Terra Rossa soils this Riesling vineyard excels on the Limestone base. Vigorous early season growth is managed to shade the ripening bunches which ripen slowly and maintain crisp aromas and acid structure until early harvest. The vines have reached sufficient maturity and balance and require minimal intervention once pruning is complete.

VINIFICATION

The Riesling grapes peak early with flavour development while the acidity levels are naturally high, and produce a crisp refreshing style. Harvested when temperatures are at the lowest during the night the grapes are de-stemmed and sorted in the vineyard to preserve the purity of fruit in the juice. The cool grapes are immediately transported the winery where they are crushed, pressed and cold settled for 48 hours. Once the clarified juice has been separated from the juice solids it is inoculated with a neutral yeast strain and fermented for 18 days at cool temperatures in a stainless steel tank. When alcoholic fermentation is complete, the wine was clarified and prepared for early bottling, capturing the youthful characteristics of our Riesling grapes.