Paddy Borthwick ‘CPR’ Chard/PG/Ries 2022
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$22.99
Grapes: 28% Chardonnay, 49% Pinot Gris, 23% Riesling
Tasting notes: CPR is Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Riesling harvested from our home vineyard and blended to create this special aromatic wine with taste sensations of limes, peaches and pears. This wine shows balance, structure and intensity reflecting the integration of the three varieties.
Vintage Conditions: The growing season for the 2022 vintage saw an early budburst with high growing degree days resulting in the earliest harvest ever. 2022 provided some challenging growing conditions but good vineyard and canopy management produced clean ripe fruit at harvest time.
Viticulture: The vineyard has been planted progressively; the Chardonnay and Pinot Gris and Riesling vines are now ages between 9 to 17 years old and are a mix of clones. The younger vines are on lighter soils and tend to give us very tropical aromas and softer acidity, whilst the older plantings give us good palate length,
structure, and fruit sweetness.
Winemaking: The harvested fruit was picked at three different times and gently pressed over an extended period to allow slight skin contact. Settled and inoculated in tank with a variety of yeasts for a long slow cool fermentation to retain vibrant aromas. The wine was stirred and blended after 5 months on lees.
Analysis:
Total acid: 5.9g/l
pH: 3.24
Residual sugar: 2.8g/l
History: Established in 1996, proudly family owned and managed, Borthwick Vineyard produces wines that are a direct reflection of the Gladstone region, New Zealand. Ancient stony, alluvial soils, a cool climate, sustainable practices and minimal intervention in the vineyard and winery, mean our wines display distinctive single vineyard characteristics.
Alcohol: 12.5%
Grapes: 28% Chardonnay, 49% Pinot Gris, 23% Riesling
Tasting notes: CPR is Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Riesling harvested from our home vineyard and blended to create this special aromatic wine with taste sensations of limes, peaches and pears. This wine shows balance, structure and intensity reflecting the integration of the three varieties.
Vintage Conditions: The growing season for the 2022 vintage saw an early budburst with high growing degree days resulting in the earliest harvest ever. 2022 provided some challenging growing conditions but good vineyard and canopy management produced clean ripe fruit at harvest time.
Viticulture: The vineyard has been planted progressively; the Chardonnay and Pinot Gris and Riesling vines are now ages between 9 to 17 years old and are a mix of clones. The younger vines are on lighter soils and tend to give us very tropical aromas and softer acidity, whilst the older plantings give us good palate length,
structure, and fruit sweetness.
Winemaking: The harvested fruit was picked at three different times and gently pressed over an extended period to allow slight skin contact. Settled and inoculated in tank with a variety of yeasts for a long slow cool fermentation to retain vibrant aromas. The wine was stirred and blended after 5 months on lees.
Analysis:
Total acid: 5.9g/l
pH: 3.24
Residual sugar: 2.8g/l
History: Established in 1996, proudly family owned and managed, Borthwick Vineyard produces wines that are a direct reflection of the Gladstone region, New Zealand. Ancient stony, alluvial soils, a cool climate, sustainable practices and minimal intervention in the vineyard and winery, mean our wines display distinctive single vineyard characteristics.
Alcohol: 12.5%
