Framingham Classic Riesling 2024

Reviews

Cameron Douglas MS: 95/100 (outstanding). Totally inviting bouquet of fresh citrus led by lemon and mandarin peel, apple and lemon zest. Delicious on the palate, just dry with any RS overpowered by the acid line, a taut engaging and salivating wine mouthfeel. Flavours of lime and lemon, apple and floral spices, zest and wet stone soils. This wine hums along on the palate with a natural quiver and tension. Delicious, fresh and ready to drink from 2026 through 2036+.

James Suckling (JamesSuckling.com): 93/100. Very pretty lime, green-apple, steel and stone aromas follow through to a full body with layered complexity. Solid. Some tropical fruit at the end. Drink now.

Tasting Note

Aromatics are reminiscent of mandarin, wet stone and savoury elements. A signature bees wax note is subtly showing also. Complex mineral palate, with orange citrus and stone fruit flavours held together by good line of juicy acidity and an elegant texture.

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Additional information

Type: White wine

Grape varial: Riesling

Food match: Beautifully matched with spicy Asian dishes, fresh seafood, pork and any white meats. The perfect food match wine.

Alcohol: 12.0% vol

Wine region: Marlborough, New Zealand

Wine style: dry

TA: 7.6 g/l

Residual sugar: 16 g/l

Vine age: 43 years.

Soil type: Free-draining greywacke gravels, with some seams of sand, restricting the vigor of the vines due to the low levels of organic matter and nutrient.

Winemaking: Fruit for the 'Classic' came from all five Riesling blocks our Estate with picking dates falling between the 20 March and 15 of April. Each parcel was handpicked and whole bunch pressed to allow for gentle extraction. Juices were predominately fermented in stainless steel tanks with a small portion fermented and aged in acacia barrels and sandstone vessel which add a textural quality. All components were held on full ferment lees without preservative to allow the wine to 'live' for around five months prior to being blended and bottled.

Bottle size: 0.75l

Notice: contains sulphites. 

Please note: Harmless crystals may form in the bottle.

Cellaring potential: 2030+

Closure: Screwcap

Ingredients: Grapes, preservative: sulphites.

Produced and bottled by: Framingham Wines, P O Box 37, Renwick, Marlborough 7243, New Zealand