2007 Chiaroscuro

VINEYARD: The fruit for this wine comes exclusively from the Seresin Home Vineyard. The vineyard is made up of a variety of Waimakiriri type soils of alluvial origin with free-draining basalt pebbles. The different fruit portions for the Chiaroscuro were hand-picked from the best parcels of our vineyard within days of each other in April .

VINIFICATION: The fruit was handled as gently as possible, and after picking was hand-sorted and pressed to small holding tanks. Once each variety was harvested, four experimental juice ‘blends' were created, with different portions of Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Gris and Pinot Meunier. The different blends were co-fermented in French barriques using wild yeast. Following primary fermentation the wine went through natural malolactic fermentation, which occurred naturally during seventeen months in barrel. During the tasting process the different co-fermentations were blended to create the final wine.

The finished wine has an alcohol of 14 percent, 5.6g/L titratable acid, and 2.80g/L residual sugar.

WINEMAKER'S NOTES: The complex nose shows fruit and spice. The palate is rich and textured with a structured elegance, the acid providing a clean lengthy finish.

CELLARING POTENTIAL: This wine evolves beautifully in the glass and is drinking well now, but should have the potential to reward cellaring.

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