TWR / Te Whare Ra Riesling D 2020

Description

TWR Riesling D 2020 is a very elegant and refined wine displaying lime fruit and flinty minerality with white floral aromas and just a hint of the kerosene aromas expected of a good old vine Riesling. The wine is definitely dry with good acidity and flavours of lime, apple and minerals – and I also detect crisp pears which kick in on the finish some time after the wine has been swallowed. I classified this wine as aromatic because Riesling is known as an aromatic grape variety but it would fit equally well in crisp white wines.

If you think you don’t like Riesling you should try TWR Riesling D – it’s a delightful white wine. Te Whare Ra Winery or TWR is a small, family-run vineyard and winery whose Pinot Noir I stocked for some time before adding some of their white wines after a tip off from a new customer. He was right – I could not not add this wine to the Wines With Attitude list after tasting it!

TWR owners and winemakers, Anna and Jason Flowerday, thought that their old block Riesling vines, planted in 1979 and the oldest Riesling vines in Marlborough, would be the perfect match with the Marlborough climate and terroir. They were right as they have produced a world class Riesling as they planned in Te Whare Ra Riesling D 2020. Like most of their wines it is produced organically and bio-dynamically and like all the TWR wines that I stock including the gorgeous TWR Pinot Noir, it is suitable for vegans and vegetarians. The ‘D’ in the name of TWR Riesling D by the way signifies that it is a dry wine. There is also a Riesling ‘M’ which is as lovely and it is off-dry.