Crater Rim Riesling is medium sweet in style but so beautifully balanced by fresh acidity that it tastes medium dry with great concentration of tropical fruit flavours and a succulent, long finish. It’s made with grapes grown on Glasnevin Gravels, one of North Canterbury’s golden miles of vineyards.
Winemaker Haydon Good worked for Clemens Busch in the Mosel, from which he says one of his take home pieces of information for making Riesling was to make picking decision on acidity then balance the wine with residual sugar, depending on the season and the acidity. That philosophy comes through bright, fresh and clear in this stunningly good value Riesling.