Neudorf Vineyards

Single Vineyard Wine.

“Neudorf Moutere Riesling is destined to become a classic, esthery perfumed Riesling with tantalizing mineral and lime flavours. Lovely juicy acidity.”
Bob Campbell MW

Intense, citrusy and spirited.
A deeply complex wine with grapefruit, local oranges, tangelos and a lick of orange blossom and ripe guavas.

Do not let yourself pre-judge the wine because of the retained sweetness. The natural grape sugars are kept in line by the lively mineral acidity. This subtle and persistent mineral note is a reflection of the terroir of our Moutere hillside vineyards. The roots of our vines search their way down between two and four metres, past the meagre top soil and into the ancient clay bound gravels beneath.

Love this wine, love the low alcohol and love it with Thai chili chicken; try it with a slice of aged cheddar or enjoy a glass while considering dinner. 
One of Michael Cooper’s Classic NZ Wines.

Technical
Grapes were hand harvested from the Beuke block in April 2009 at 21.0 Brix, 2.99pH and 9.0gL TA. 
The grapes were whole bunch pressed on a very long, gentle 4 hour cycle.  The juice was cold settled without enzyme and racked off lees to a stainless steel fermenter and an old barrel (6% total, wild yeast).  Fermentation was stopped when a natural acid/sweetness balance was found. The wine was left on yeast lees until filtered for bottling in December 2009 at 2.74pH,  8.4gL TA,  54 gL RS, 9.2% alcohol.

“Neudorf Moutere Riesling 2009 lies at the sweeter end of the Riesling taste scale, but it’s silky but powerful limey acidity makes it taste deceptively dry. A beautifully balanced wine in which pretty notes of lemon blossom cleave to its powerful minerally core.”  Jo Bursynka WINE NZ