2004

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Mills Reef Riesling 2004

  

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Vintage : 2004
Varieties: Riesling
Area: Hawkes Bay
Winemaker: Paddy Preston and Tim Preston
Alcohol %: 13

Awards: Gold Medal - NZ Wine Society Royal Easter Wine Show 2005
             **** Michael Cooper's 2006 Wine Buyers Guide

Tasting Note: The grapes for Mills Reef Riesling 2004 come from a single vineyard in the Meanee area of Hawkes Bay. The fruit was harvested in excellent condition on the 22nd of April.  The juice was cool tank fermented and lees aged for 3 months before light fining and filtering. The wine was then bottled on the 10th of September.
This is a fragrant, fresh medium-dry Riesling from the Hawkes Bay. The wine has good depth of lemon/lime flavour and an appetisingly crisp finish. Already delicious, with age it will soften, developing a perfumed, honeyed richness.