Heggies Vineyard Riesling 2011 is pale straw with green tints, showing notes of orange blossom, citrus, fresh lime juice and a hint of stone flint. The wine shows great length, drive and complexity with flavours of grapefruit and lime. The wine finishes with a hint of spice and mouth-watering acidity. Heggies Vineyard Riesling is an outstanding wine in its youth though will cellar for 10 to 15 years. Perfect with battered King George whiting. Suitable for vegans and vegetarians.
Heggies Riesling is typically picked early and classically shows lifted lemon, lime and citrus fruit flavours together with a crisp natural acidity and a chalky mineral-like character underlying the zesty fruit. The wines are made to a dry style and are tight and restrained in their youth with excellent ageing potential.
The Heggies Vineyard grapes are picked in the cool of the night and swiftly transported to our winery. There is minimal handling of the juice and only the free run portion is selected for Heggies Vineyard Riesling. The juice is fermented at cool temperatures using aromatic yeasts and blended early at the completion of fermentation. At Heggies Vineyard there are a number of blocks of Riesling available so when the final blend is made there are a variety of options to ensure each vintage is of consistently excellent quality. Heggies Vineyard Riesling 2011 is pale straw with green tints, showing notes of orange blossom, citrus, fresh lime juice and a hint of stone flint. The wine shows great length, drive and complexity with flavours of grapefruit and lime. The wine finishes with a hint of spice and mouth-watering acidity. Heggies Vineyard Riesling is an outstanding wine in its youth though will cellar for 10 to 15 years. Perfect with battered King George whiting. Suitable for vegans and vegetarians.
