"...Located on Auckland idyllic Manukau Harbour, the Ihumatao vineyard sits in a sheltered 20,000 year old volcanic crater...". So reads the back label of Villa Maria's Ihumatao Vineyard Auckland Gewurztraminer 2008.
Obviously that was preferable to writing 'from the vineyard in front of our massive winery, situated on the edge of an industrial estate only minutes from the countries busiest airport'.
Somewhere in between lies the truth. Regardless, the wine is very good. New Zealand should be producing superb Gewurztraminer given our climate and lack of winemaking limitations but to date I would suggest there are as many misses as hits, something we need to address.
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Hmm - I happen to know that they have a lot of trouble with excess vigour on that site, which causes inflorescence necrosis, or death of the flowers, around bloom. This limits the yields a lot, so perhaps has something to do with the intensity of the wine?
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