2023 Omihi Road Gewurztraminer
Vineyards
- The Rayner and McKenzie vineyards are located in Waipara close to the winery. The soils are heavier clay loams and the terrain is genetly undulating. The average age of vines varies from 20-25 years
- All are on rootstock and feature a range of Lathe Colmar clones originating from Alsace.
- Harvest brix ranged from 24-26 brix [% sugar]
- Both vineyards were machine harvested in late March
- Grapes were all crushed and pressed, the juice cold settled then racked to fermentation
- This wine is made in a medium style to keep the alcohol from getting to high
- Limited release of 76 cases
Bottle Details
- Alcohol 13.5% by volume
- Acid is 5.5 gm/L [as tartaric]
- Residual Sugar is 18 gm/L
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Winemaker’s Comments
This variety thrives in the Waipara climate and conditions, the cool climate allows the spicy fruit flavours to develop to
perfection.
The grapes came from two Waipara Vineyards, Maggie Rayner’s Home Block and The McKenzie Weka
Terraces Vineyard.
The last release of this wine was 2019.
Gewurztraminer tends to be naturally low in acidity so balance is achieved by ripe sweet fruit characters
complimenting the phenolics, glycerol and alcohol. The resultant wine shows rose petal, toffee apple and lychee on
the aroma. The palate has rich spicy fruit, made in a medium dry style with noticeable 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 Turkish Delight bouquet, yet still have finesse on the palate. 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.
This wine is great drinking while young [2-3 years old] but will be outstanding with extra time in bottle [5-7 years] and
was very limited in production.