Riesling Block 1 2025

Felton Road, tasting note (feltonroad.com – produktside feltonroad.com, hentet 2026-10-19): 2025 Felton Road Riesling Block 1 – område: Bannockburn (Central Otago); drue: Riesling; alkohol 10%. Enkeltmark ifølge arket: The Elms Block 1 (The Elms vineyard). Producentens noter (engelsk): Tasting note: Always the last parcel to be harvested, the 2025 Block 1 is a most mellifluous rendition of this site. Flavours of the orchard abound; nectarine, pear, apple, and apricot. The interplay of body, sweetness and acidity endow the palate with a precisely delineated structure; this wine is no melange of fruit but rather, a procession. A vinous rendition of Cromwell’s most famous landmark – our town’s famous “Big Fruit” structure! Vineyard & viticulture: Felton Road farms four properties totaling 34 ha in the Bannockburn subregion of Central Otago. Block 1 is a north facing slope immediately west of Block 3 on The Elms vineyard. It consists of the same Waenga soils (deep silt loams) as Block 3 and starkly contrasts the schist gravel soils of our Riesling in Blocks 2 and 4. Meticulous summer management of a single vertical shoot positioned (VSP) canopy ensures even and early fruit maturity. Shoot thinning, shoot positioning, leaf plucking, bunch thinning and harvest are all carried out by hand to ensure optimum quality fruit. Cover crops are planted between rows to assist in vine balance and to improve soil health and general biodiversity. Vinification: Riesling from Block 1 was carefully hand-picked on April 22 followed by whole bunch pressing. The juice was settled for 6 days, then racked and followed by a relatively fast 2 week fermentation with indigenous yeasts. The fermentation was stopped by chilling to balance the high natural acidity with residual sweetness of 56g/L, resulting in the low alcohol of 10.0%. The wine rested on fine lees with minimal processing (no fining or cold stabilisation) before bottling in lateAugust to highlight the delicate Riesling characters.