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, planted in the early eighties, have been managed under organic principles for over a decade. The soils are free-draining greywacke gravels, with some seams of sand, restricting the vigour of the vines due to the low levels of organic matter and nutrient. 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, which provided excellent conditions for vegetative growth. The parcels were selected from the ‘Middle 65%’, the ‘Back Cane’20%, and the ‘Front’15%. Each parcel was hand-harvested separately between the 30^th of April and the 14^th of May. A large percentage of the fruit was dehydrated but devoid of botrytis influence, resulting in the concentration of very clean bright fruit flavours. A smaller percentage of the fruit had been raisened by botrytis. Ripeness at harvest was between 27 and 28.3brix.

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