2006

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Mills Reef Riesling 2006

 

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Vintage: 2006
Varieties: Riesling
Area: Hawkes Bay
Winemaker: Paddy Preston and Tim Preston
Alcohol %: 13

Tasting Note:  The grapes for this fragrant wine came from a single vineyard in the Meanee area of Hawkes Bay, picked on 29th of March in excellent condition and at ideal ripeness. The juice was cool tank fermented to enhance its aromatic qualities and lees aged for 3 months before light fining, filtering and bottling on the 27th of July.
This is a fragrant, fresh medium-dry Riesling with pronounced lemon, lime and citrus aromas and a sweet honeysuckle and ginger fragrance. The palate is smooth and full-bodied, with intense lemon/lime flavours and beautifully balanced acids, reaching a lively, long, crisp dry finish.  Already delicious, it will soften with age, developing a lovely perfumed, honeyed richness.