WAIPARA GEWURZTRAMINER 2010
New Release February 2011
A speciality wine style of Torlesse. A big rich wine to follow the the very successful Torlesse tradition with this grape. This wine is a blend from the McKenzie and Rayner vineyards. The grapes reached excellent levels of ripeness with abundant flavours of spice that shows in the finished wine. Ginger and turkish delight are prevalent on the aroma, the palate is full and rich and has a noticeable sweetness despite having 15.0% alcohol. A great food wine that can be enjoyed with a range of cuisine including spicy asian and distinctive cheeses
WAIPARA GEWURZTRAMINER 2009
New Release June 2009
A speciality wine style of Torlesse. A big rich wine to follow the the very successful 2008. This wine is a blend from the McKenzie and Rayner vineyards. The grapes reached excellent levels of ripeness with abundant flavours of spice that shows in the finished wine. Ginger and turkish delight are prevalent on the aroma, the palate is full and rich and has a noticeable sweetness despite having 14.5% alcohol. A great food wine that can be enjoyed with a range of cuisine including spicy asian and distinctive cheeses
2008 Torlesse Waipara Gewurztraminer
5***** Cuisine. Gold Medal Easter Wine Show
Gold Medal Hong Hong International Wine Challenge
Vineyards
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Grapes are from the Rayner, Besley and McKenzie Vineyards located in Waipara, South Island of New Zealand at latitude 43° South, close to the winery. The soils vary from free draining sites of the Weka stream terraces to heavier clay loams on the Waipara valley floor, all the terrain is gently undulating. The average age of the vines varies from 7 to 25 years.
Wine Making
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Machine Harvested at various times in late April
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Harvest brix ranged from 23 to 25 Brix
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Pressing, then cold settling was followed by
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Fermentation in stainless steel tanks and some barriques
Bottle Details
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Alcohol 13.5 % by volume
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Acid 5.8 gm/L [as tartaric]
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Residual Sugar 15 gm/L
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500 cases produced
Winemaker’s Comments
The grapes are from three different vineyard sites that give a range of ripeness and hence different flavours
The different vineyards each impart their own distinctive character, the structure of the wine reflects the soil type, the heavier soils provide body and structure, the lighter soils add fresh aromatics. Gewurztraminer tends to be naturally low in acidity so balance is achieved by ripe sweet fruit characters complimenting the glycerol and alcohol. The resultant wine shows rose petal, lychee and ginger on the aroma. The palate has rich spicy fruit, made in a medium style with obvious sweetness and finishes full, soft and mouth filling. This wine can be enjoyed young, while fresh and fruity, but will reward cellaring developing a rich complex bouquet and palate of honey, toffee apple and turkish delight. This wine has used the screw top closure to preserve fresh fruit flavours or allow the wine to age gracefully and reach its full potential with no bottle variation.
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