Mt Difficulty Bannockburn Dry Riesling 2023 750ml

Mt Difficulty Bannockburn Dry Riesling 750ml 

Mt Difficulty Bannockburn Dry Riesling attempts to balance flavour and palate weight with the wine’s natural acidity. A warmer Summer meant careful control of sun exposure during the growing season and harvesting earlier in the season. It was carefully hand-harvested and processed through the winery – the wine was whole bunch pressed and fermented on full solids to help enhance palate weight. The wine was fermented relatively warm in stainless steel, using indigenous yeast to retain maximum varietal expression. The wine was fermented slowly to dryness, and then rested unstirred on its gross yeast lees; building texture for 6 months.

Tasting Note:

Intense and aromatic lemon, lime and mandarin dominate on the nose of Mt Difficulty Bannockburn Dry Riesling 2023, hinting at the warmer season. Bright citrus opens the palate with a definite minerality, redolent of the schist-based soils on which it was grown. The palate is built around the taught acid line which travels from the front through to the finish. This sets the wine up for aging well into the future.

Alc: 12.5%

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