Beautiful Old Vine Watervale Riesling - aromatic with texture and spice

Vineyard: Gullyview & Parish Vineyards, Watervale 

Blocks: Grace, Parish & Gullyview 

Planted: 1973, 1923 & 1973 

Soil type: Red clay on limestone (Gullyview & Grace), Red clay on slate and iron stone (Parish)

Picking date: February 16, 18 & 20, 2024

Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard

Processing: Crush and destem

Time on skins: 6 hours in press

Pressing: Free run only, minimal press rotations

Cooling / settling: Cold settled off dirt and heavy solids for 3 days

Fermentation: Natural ferment in Steel & ceramic amphora for 2 months

Aging vessel: Stainless steel on fine lees for 10 months

Bottled: 29/01/2025

Filtration: No

Fining: No

Alc: 12.0

pH: 2.99

TA: 7.4

SO2: 26 free / 62 total

Production: 1500 dozen