2024 F-SERIES Auslese (375ML)

VINEYARD

A single vineyard wine, the fruit is sourced exclusively from the Framingham Estate.  The Riesling vines are some of the oldest in Marlborough.  These were planted in the early eighties and have been managed under organic principles for over a decade.  The soils are free-draining greywacke gravels with some seams of sand.  These restrict the vigour of the vines due to the low levels of organic matter and nutrients.  The vines are trained using a 2 cane or 2 cordon VSP system.  Yields are restricted to ensure quality and concentration in the wines.

VINTAGE CONDITIONS AND FRUIT SELECTION

A very dry Winter lead into an unsettled Spring with some late frost events.  The vines responded by growing with less vigour than usual until early Summer when we had some excellent conditions for vegetative growth.  65% of the parcels of fruit were selected from the middle, 20% from the back and 15% from the front.  Each parcel was hand harvested separately between the 30th of April and the 14th of May.  A large percentage of the fruit was dehydrated but devoid of botrytis influence resulting in the concentration of very clean and bright fruit flavours.  A smaller percentage of the fruit had been raisened by botrytis.  Ripeness at harvest was between 27 and 28.3 brix.

WINEMAKING

Pristine juices were fermented in stainless steel barrels with a combination of wild and cultured yeasts.  These progressed slowly but steadily until we felt a balance was achieved.  1602 x 375ml bottles were made.

ACID: 9 g/l
pH: 3.0
ALC: 9.5% vol
RS: 136 g/l