Misha’s Vineyard 2018 ‘Soloist’ Rosé, ‘Dress Circle’ Pinot Gris and ‘Cadenza’ LH Gewurztraminer

FEATURED WINES IN THIS REVIEW

• Misha’s Vineyard ‘The Soloist’ Central Otago Pinot Rosé 2018
  Rose from New Zealand - Otago

  Review Date : 01-Oct-2018

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Bright, light cerise-pink colour with some depth, a little lighter on the rim with slight peach hues. The nose is bright and vibrant with up-front fragrant aromas of strawberries and raspberries and cream entwined with red florals and vivid confectionary notes, along with subtle fresh fermentation esters. The core has a thread of mouthwatering minerality, and the nose is sensationally up-front. Dry to taste and medium-full bodied, the palate has intense aromatic aromas of raspberries and cream with bright and vibrant red florals, lifted confectionary notes and a suggestion of esters. The fruit forms a tight and concentrated core and has very good linearity, flowing along a very fine-textured line with thirst-quenching acidity enlivening the palate and providing energy. The flavours lead to a long and sustained finish. This is a bright and vibrant, up-front aromatic dry rosé with raspberry, floral and confectionary notes on a fine-textured palate with linearity and freshness. Match with dim sum and Asian fare, or antipasto and tapas over the next 2 years. A blend of clones, 33% 114, 32% 4, 25% 6 and 10% 5, given one day of skin contact and cool fermented in stainless-steel to 13.5% alc. and 3.5 g/L RS. 515 dozen made. 19.0-/20 Oct 2018 RRP $27.00
• Misha’s Vineyard ‘Dress Circle’ Central Otago Pinot Gris 2018
  Pinot Gris from New Zealand - Otago

  Review Date : 01-Oct-2018

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Full, even, bright straw-yellow colour with lemon green hues. The nose is tight and finely bound with an elegantly concentrated core of white and yellow stonefruits, along with pears and exotic florals, and a subtle amalgam of honeysuckle and nutty elements. The aromatics are a little slender in expression, but show very good intensity. Dry to taste and medium-full bodied, the palate has a soft-textured mouthfeel with gently full flavours of white and yellow stonefruits, pears, exotic florals and honey, with a little spice. The flavours are harmonious and form a fine, rounded core with light, background acidity. The palate has good power and carries softly to a gently full finish of honey and pears. This is a soft-textured, rounded dry Pinot Gris with harmonious flavours of stonefruit, florals, honey and pears. Match with Asian and Middle Eastern fare over the next 3-4 years. Pinot Gris fruit WBP and fermented in tank with approx. 22% in old French oak with indigenous yeasts to 14.0% alc. and 6.9 g/L RS. 674 dozen made. 18.0+/20 Oct 2018 RRP $28.00
• Misha’s Vineyard ‘The Cadenza’ Central Otago Late Harvest Gewurztraminer 2018
  Sweet Wine from New Zealand - Otago

  Review Date : 01-Oct-2018

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Full, even, pale golden-hued straw-yellow colour with some depth. The nose is softly full and densely packed with aromas of ripe tropical fruit melded with rose-petal florals and savoury Turkish Delight and nuances of root-ginger. A fine layer of musky botrytis overlays the fruit. Sweet to taste and light-bodied, the palate is subtly rich and unctuous with succulent, exotic, opulent flavours of ripe tropical fruit, rose-petal florals, Turkish Delight and some savoury spices with root-ginger. This has a rounded but concentrated heart with soft acidity, but good richness, revealing honey notes which fill the mouth. The wine flows smoothly to a full, rich, luscious finish. This is a rich and opulent sweet, Late Harvest Gewurztraminer with succulent and unctuous flavours of tropical fruit, honey, rose-petals and Turkish Delight with ginger and spice notes. Match with fruit and baked desserts over the next 3-4 years. Hand-picked fruit with approx. 16% botrytis, foot-stomped and cool-fermented in stainless-steel to 9.0% alc. and 128 g/L RS. 191 dozen made. (375 ml) 18.5/20 Oct 2018 RRP $32.00