Heggies Vineyard

Botrytis Riesling

Name: Botrytis Riesling
Brand: Heggies Vineyard
Price: 525 ZAR
Availability: InStock

12 in stock

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Dessert Wine•Barossa Valley • Australia

1 bottle375 ml•R99 delivery

R525

Case of 6375 ml each•Free delivery

R3,150

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Taste profile

Type

Dessert Wine

Tannin

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Sweetness

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Acidity

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Body

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Oak influence

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On the palate

Pale gold with green-gold tints. While young the aromas are pure and fresh with delicate notes of dried pear, cumquat and white flowers, with time these aromas will develop more complexity and richness moving to beeswax, marmalade and candied citrus zest. The palate is elegant and restrained with a subtle lusciousness on the mid palate which will develop more complexity over time. Flavours of dried stone fruits and cumquat zest are complemented by a fine seam of acidity leading to a refreshing, rather than cloyingly sweet finish.

White Flowers

Beeswax

Stone Fruit

Minerality

Cultivar

100% Riesling

Region

Barossa Valley

Appellation

Eden Valley

Alcohol

10.5%

Cellaring Potential

Up to 5 years

Residual Sugar

155 g/L

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On every Heggies Vineyard bottle is the image of a man sitting on top of his horse and surveying the land before him. The man’s name is Colin Heggie a local grazier who was the original owner of the picturesque Eden Valley property before he sold it to his old friend Wyndham Hill Smith. Wyndham had an eye for great vineyard sites and he could see the potential for growing quality grapes on this magnificent sweep of country that had been grazing land for so long. Planting began in 1971 and the first Heggies Vineyard wine was released in 1979.

Heggies Vineyard is blessed with a number of different meso climates across the site, with slope and aspect giving significant variances. The vineyard parcel for the Botrytis Riesling almost chooses itself, situated on a gentle westerly slope with trees providing shelter on three sides and a dam forming the border at the base of the vineyard. These factors lead to more humid, still conditions, with morning fog that is perfect for the development of Botrytis cinerea. Eden Valley experienced its third dry winter in a row, with enough rain in spring to get the vines growing. The mild growing and ripening season was perfect for developing excellent fresh characters. Continuing dry weather in autumn delayed the onset of Botrytis. Our patience was rewarded in May as the inevitable morning mists set in. By early June the grapes were perfect, and harvested just before the long anticipated break to the season.

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