Loveblock Gewürztraminer - Estate 2018

Pale gold with hints of green. Classic perfume of rosewater and Turkish delight, with a touch of jasmine and orange zest. Hints of guava, sweet mandarin and blood orange on the palate. Finishes with good rounded texture and nice acid tension.

Loveblock Marlborough Gewurztraminer (Estate) Tasting Notes with Erica

Relatively unique in Marlborough, the grapes for this wine were sourced entirely from our family-owned vineyard in Lower Dashwood, where the elevated and windy location challenges the vines. Dependent on vigour, the vines were cane pruned to either one or two canes and trained to vertical shoot position. The warm spring of 2017 brought ideal early growing conditions and a tip-top flowering season. The grapes were green thinned at veraison to ensure even ripening in the autumn. Due to the young nature of the vines, yields were less than 6 tonnes per hectare when harvested in April 2018.

Once at the winery, the grapes were crushed, destemmed, must chilled and pressed immediately. The juice was then floated, warmed and inoculated with an aromatic yeast. A cool fermentation followed and when the wine was deemed in balance (in residual sugar, alcohol and acidity) the ferment was stopped. The wine was then stabilised, filtered and bottled in November 2018.