Trout Valley and Kahurangi 2010 Aromatics

FEATURED WINES IN THIS REVIEW

• Trout Valley Nelson Riesling 2010
  Riesling from New Zealand - Nelson

  Review Date : 14-Feb-2011

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Made from contract grown fruit from Nelson, cool-fermented in stainless-steel to 12.5% alc. Very pale straw yellow with a suggestion of green hues to the colour, this has an elegant and attractive nose of florals, limes and a little honey. Dryish to taste and light in body, this is an approachable and inviting wine with its clean, pure, lime, floral and honey flavours. The fruit has a delicacy, and balanced racy acidity enlivens the palate. The gentle, textured finish has good length. A well-made and accessible Riesling to enjoy as an aperitif and with seafood over the next 2-4 years. 16.5+/20 Jan 2011 RRP $15.50
• Trout Valley Nelson Pinot Gris 2010
  Pinot Gris from New Zealand - Nelson

  Review Date : 14-Feb-2011

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Bright, pale straw-yellow in colour, this has a soft, attractively perfumed nose of pears and stonefruits along with interesting spice and youthful esters elements. Dryish on palate, this is a light-bodied, well-balanced with gentle spiced stonefruit flavours, soft textures allied to good, refreshing acidity. This will be a good wine to serve with antipasto, seafood and lightly spiced Asian cuisine over the next 2 years. Made from fruit from three sites on the Waimea Plains, cool-fermented in stainless-steel to 13.5% alc. and 6.0 g/L rs. 16.0/20 Jan 2011 RRP $15.50
• Kahurangi Estate Nelson Pinot Gris 2010
  Pinot Gris from New Zealand - Nelson

  Review Date : 14-Feb-2011

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  A single vineyard wine, the fruit was grown on the Moutere clay soils, cool-fermented in stainless-steel to 13.5% alc. and 10.5 g/L rs. It has a very pale, youthful, straw-yellow colour and a full, moderately intense nose of spiced pears, along with mineral overtones and youthful, banana-like fermentation esters. The palate is off-dry with lovely pear, white stonefruit and minerally flavours along with youthful esters-like notes. There is good weight and developing richness and texture, matching a little alcohol warmth. Still youthful, this should become more classically varietal over the next 2-4 years. Serve with Asian cuisine. 16.5/20 Jan 2011 RRP $19.90.