2014 TWR Single-Vineyard 5182 Riesling 'M'

TWR

New Zealand / Marlborough / TWR

Single-site off-dry Riesling. 5182 is the vineyard number given by BioGro New Zealand following the organic certification of the original vineyard. TWR's passion for making (and drinking!) Riesling is based partly on the wide variety of styles that this variety is capable of, as well as the general characteristics of all great Riesling wines: purity, elegance and age-ability. Anna and Jason Flowerday wanted to emulate the great wines of the Mosel and when tasting the fruit on our young Riesling vines pre-harvest, the opportunity presented itself to do this. They love the knife edge of tension in this style of wine – the balance between fruit sweetness and acidity.

December, 2014

Mike Bennie

The Wine Front

94 points

Complex, invigorating perfume of struck match, smoke, just-ripe green apple, citrus blossom and exotic spice. Here we go. Ultra fresh to taste with a crunchy, crisp, tense line of acidity keeping the slippery sweetness in a long, tense shell that feels like you could crack it with your tongue. So delicious, so moreish, so well done for a medium sweet Riesling style.

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About TWR

Te Whare Ra (TWR) is a small vineyard and winery located in the Marlborough sub-region of Renwick. The 11Ha vineyard was first planted in 1979 and since 2003 has been owned by winemakers Anna and Jason Flowerday. Yields are kept low, the vineyard is managed with a combination of organic and biodynamic practices and all the fruit is handpicked and hand-sorted.  The wines are made with minimal intervention in a small winery which has been specifically set up for small-batch winemaking.  The aromatic wines have carved out a reputation for TWR as a member of New Zealand’s elite, while the improbably good Syrah and Pinot Noir are opening people’s eyes to Marlborough’s potential for red wines of distinction.
Biodynamic producer, certified organic
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About

Anna Flowerday hails from McLaren Vale and kicked off her career there amid a thoroughly talented pack of young winemakers in the mid-1990s. She worked for Hardys for seven years all up, culminating in an aromatically formative stint at Leasingham in Clare Valley. It was during her time at Hardys that she met and fell in love with Jason Flowerday, a third-generation viticulturalist from Marlborough. Eventually they struck out together and in 2003 bought Te Whare Ra, home to one of the oldest vineyards in Marlborough, originally planted in 1979. Together they manage the estate with a combination of organic and biodynamic practices and have cemented this region's reputation not only as an impeccable source of aromatic whites but also as a force to be reckoned with for both Pinot Noir and Syrah.