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Gewürztraminer 2024

Mango, persimmon, lychee and marmalade produce a wonderfully complex nose. The palate is rich and round with great fruit concentration and intensity. This wine is medium in style and the sweetness is perfectly balanced by gentle acidity. Combined, these characters produce a complex, balanced and most importantly, delicious wine.

AWARDS & REVIEWS

Cameron Douglas – MS, 93 points

A bouquet with elegance and intensity—fragrances of fresh and baked apples, ginger and honeysuckle, quince and clove, a stone-like mineral quality, and a white pepper herbal note. In other words, a wine with complexity and intrigue. On the palate, a full-bodied expression with acidity and spice rushing the flavours of tree and stone fruits throughout. There’s a mix of elegance and raw power, as well as a familiar floral and exotic fruit profile. Balanced, well-made, and ready to drink from day of purchase through 2028.

 

 

 

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The Pioneer
Gewürztraminer 2024

Lemon, lychee and mango along with lovely floral aromatics combine to produce a delightful nose. The palate is rich and rounded with great fruit concentration and intensity. The 2024 vintage provides lovely acidity which gives a nice balance to this is medium style wine.  

Vineyards and viticulture

The grapes for this wine come from the company’s original vineyard, planted in 1982, that surrounds the winery. These unirrigated vines are deeply rooted in clay soils which help to give the wine great intensity, weight and body, resulting in a rich, mouth-coating texture.

Winemaking

Harvested at a ripe 24.8 brix, the grapes were gently pressed into French oak barriques where it was left to undergo spontaneous fermentation. After several months on lees the barrels were blended and the wine bottled here at the winery.

Food Pairing

Salmon, spicy dishes, coconut-based curries, patés and terrines, sweeter vegetables such as pumpkin and kumara, strong flavoured, soft, ripe, white cheeses.

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