Winemaker's Note

We have three lovely sources of riesling these days. More or less in equal parts, Three Wishes and Glen Shian at opposite ends of the valley make up most of this wine, with a dash of Chartley Estate located at Rowella, the furthest north.

All were picked with their individual qualities in mind, with small differences in winemaking technique to help them along their own path. With ample flavour early in what was a warm and fast finish, we tried to get these whilst they were fresh and crunchy. Gentle pressing gave us two fractions, the genuine free run was fermented cold in stainless, pressings in oak, carefully adding some back to the blend post ferment, for texture.

Left on full lees for three months, then racked to blend on light lees to flesh out. Bit drier than usual, finding balance with just a dash of RS (2.5g/l) in a fruit flavoursome, exceptional year for riesling with the dry summer.