Details

  • Type: White
  • Country: New Zealand
  • Region: Marlborough
  • Vintage: 2017
  • Producer: Vidal
  • Primary grape: Riesling
  • Bottle size: 75cl
  • List price: £9.96
  • Code: 13330
  • Awards:
    • SILVER (2018) INTERNATIONAL WINE CHALLENGE 2019

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Expression

Zesty, herbaceous or aromatic whites

Calamari
Avocado Toast
  • High-acid cheeses such as goats’ or sheeps’ cheese e.g. crottin de Chavignol, pecorino. Lightly smoked cheese
  • Calamari, cerviche. Delicate white fish e.g. sole. Fried with chips, kedgeree, mackerel, shellfish, smoked trout
  • Anise, bay leaf, caraway, chervil, coriander, dill, ginger, lemongrass, mint, oregano, parsley, tarragon
  • Steamed, braised chicken, pork, veal
  • Light creamy herb, fishbased sauces, olive oil or light cream e.g. clam sauce. Apple with less-dry wines, tartare sauce
  • Good with Thai dishes (less sweet) and moderately spiced fish and shellfish dishes e.g. fish or chicken tagine, harissa
  • Asparagus, avocado, goat’s cheese, smoked-fish salads. Olives, peas, spinach, vegetarian quiches

About the Wine

This white wine is made by Vidal in Marlborough. Juicy and refreshing with delicious white fruit flavours, a mouth-watering partner for salads and seafood. Formed from primarily Riesling grapes, this wine is ethically produced. Supplied by Hatch Mansfield.

Riesling

REESE-ling

Riesling, a versatile, aromatic grape variety that can be expected to have good acidity, often residual sugar and light in alcohol. It can be made dry or very sweet. Key characteristics are lime and petroleum on the nose, followed by orange, apple, blossom, passion fruit and honey on the palate.

Flavours:

  • Apple Apple
  • Honeysuckle Honeysuckle
  • Lime Lime
  • Passion Fruit Passion Fruit
  • Petrol Petrol
Vidal

Vidal’s vineyards provide most of the fruit for the Reserve Chardonnay and Gimblett Gravels Syrah. On the 800 hectare flood plain, the vines benefit from longer growing and ripening due to the soil’s ability to retain heat. Dedicated to environmentally friendly and sustainable winemaking, and a founding member of the Living Wine Group. Also a member of Sustainable Winegrowing (NZ) and is BioGro certified, meaning it's accredited to using organic principles.

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The Country

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New Zealand

The islands here stretch nearly 1,000 miles north to south, and the climate varies from subtropical in Auckland, to positively perishing in the south. 2018 will be remembered by many wineries in here as a year for the record books.

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