Ive been trying to write something for the back label of our 2008 Waipara Riesling which we are about to bottle. And let me tell you its not easy to be informative, appealing and entertaining all in the space of 30 words or so.
This Riesling will be a special wine for me. A wine I tried to make as naturally as possible and with the minimum of intervention as possible. Great fruit from probably New Zealands best region for Riesling, whole bunch pressed, settled, natural ferment, which naturally stopped, the wine then on full lees for 6 months followed by a light filtration, a little protective sulphur and into the bottle. No enzyme, no commercial yeast, no cooling, no cold stabilising and no fining. An individual, one-off expression of Riesling.
As a winemaker individual expression should be highly prized. Each small producer has their own point of difference and story behind each wine they sell. Somebody has to make Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc but it isnt me.
The photo above is the cover of 'Real Wine', a book by Patrick Matthews who also wrote the excellent book 'The Wild Bunch'. Both looked into the world of natural and individual wines and the people who make them. His new book 'Burgundy:How to find great wines off the beaten track' looks to be more of the same. Great stuff.
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