The Doctors Riesling 2012
Now assuming cult status in the New Zealand wine scene the Doctors’Riesling continues to amaze wine critics and novices alike. Grown on our stony Condors bend vineyard at Renwick the fruit ripens slowly, in Marlborough’s cool dry autumn climate, gaining flavour intensity yet retaining all important acidity. Harvested early at low sugars the grapes are gently pressed, cold settled and given a cool slow fermentation which was arrested around 8.5% alcohol and 31.6g/l residual sugar. The final decision on when to stop the wine fermentation is very much decided on acid/sugar balance.

Tasting Notes
Wow it’s like biting into a deliciously crisp Granny Smith apple, licking lime sherbet and eating your first of the season Central Otago apricot, all at one time! The 2012 Doctors’ Riesling is simply stunning, oh so easy to drink and at a modest 8.5% alcohol; who feels guilty having a second glass? It’s firmly established as New Zealand’s favorite Riesling; outselling any of our other, very fine, Rieslings ten to one. So chill a bottle and see for yourself what thousands of Kiwis are enjoying!


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WINEMAKING ANALYSIS

pH

3.03

TA

9.1g/l

Alcohol

8.5%

Residual Sugar

31.6

Harvest Date

March 30th - April 5th 2012

Brix at Harvest

17.5-18.9º


VITICULTURE

VSP Two canes
(2.7 x 1.5m density)
Shoot thinned x 1
Crop thinned x 1


PREVIOUS VINTAGE TASTING NOTES
The Doctors Riesling 2008
The Doctors Riesling 2007
The Doctors Riesling 2006
The Doctors Riesling 2009
The Doctors Riesling 2010
The Doctors Riesling 2011

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