Framingham Marlborough Classic Riesling 2021

A generous, mouth-filling wine with a fragrant, complex nose displaying mandarin and stone fruit, with smoky, flinty notes. The vibrant, intense, and focused palate is reminiscent of orange, Meyer lemon, and stone fruit flavours held together by good line of juicy acidity and elegant texture.

Fruit for the Framingham Classic Riesling is sourced from three sites on their estate vineyard in the Wairau Valley. The alluvial, well-draining soils of the Wairau were formed by the sedimentation of the Wairau River. In the warm centre of the valley – where there is low rainfall and relatively low frost risk – Framingham are able to harvest controlled yields at desired ripeness. Extensive crop thinning and a degree of leaf plucking are practised when necessary, giving low yields of grapes that have had managed exposure to sunlight.

Harvest took place over the first week of April 2021. Each parcel was hand picked and whole bunch pressed, with no pre-ferment maceration taking place. The majority of the juice was fermented in stainless steel tanks with approximately 3% fermented on skins over two weeks, followed by ageing in oak. All components were aged on full ferment lees for around five months prior to blending and bottling, which took place on 15th September 2021.