Te Whare Ra Single Vineyard Riesling 'D' 2020

The original Riesling vines on our home block here were planted in 1979 and are the oldest vines in Marlborough. Part of the reason for our conversion to organic and biodynamic farming was to rescue these old vines and coax them back to life. We saw huge potential in this old block and successfully rejuvenating them has been one of our greatest achievements. The fruit from these old vines has great fruit concentration and structure as well as great natural acidity that lends itself very well to making a dry style of Riesling.

We love Riesling as a variety for its purity, elegance and age-ability and believe that our old block vines (planted 1979), combined with the growing conditions and climate here in Marlborough, are capable of making world class Riesling. This wine is produced from the original Riesling vines on our home block here, which were planted in 1979 and are the oldest Riesling vines in Marlborough.

Organic & regenerative viticulture All 2 cane VSP Shoot thinned & bunch thinned as required. Cover crops, compost & cowsh*t

All the grapes for this wine were hand-picked and hand-sorted. The fruit was then destemmed, gently crushed, and air-bag pressed. Some parcels given skin contact time. All parcels were fermented in stainless steel tanks that were purpose built for Riesling. We like very slow, cool ferments for the Riesling to help retain all the great floral aromatics. This wine has not been fined and is suitable for vegans and vegetarians and anyone else who loves authentic, truly hand-made wines.