Gewurtztraminer

Ataahua is owned by Stephanie Henderson-Grant and Andrew Grant. Their vineyards are based in the Waipara Valley, the heart of North Canterbury's wine region.

This wine is made exclusively with hand harvested fruit from the Blackenbrook Home block where the vines grow on Moutere clay soil covered by a layer of sandy loam. The wine making is extremely gentle with whole bunch pressing, cool fermentation, minimal pumping over and using gravity to move the wine when required.

12% of the wine is aged in oak to add mouthfeel and complexity and there is no fining pre-bottling.

 At 5g/l of residual sugar this is dry in style.

Tasting Notes
Intensely varietal, our Gewurztraminer 2018 is marked by a delightful scent of rose petals, Turkish delight and spice followed by a lingering off-dry finish.
Ideal serving temperature: 15 degrees

4 Stars Michael Cooper
A consistently attractive wine. Pale and ripely perfumed, it is
mouthfilling and vividly varietal, with fresh pear, lychee and
spice flavours, showing very good delicacy and depth, and a
dryish, smooth

Off-dry in style. The nose shows notes of lychee, lemon zest, crushed lime leaf and rosewater. The palate is luscious and mouth-filling with a rich concentration, delicately balanced and exuding flavours of Turkish delight, lemon and spice. 

Clearview winemaker Matt Kirby makes this luscious Gewurztraminer in a rich, concentrated, medium dry style with flavour to burn. Think rose petal and Turkish delight notes. Subtle touches of honey, tropical fruit and ginger add complexity. The palate is medium-bodied, with flavours of tropical fruits and gentle spice. Balanced bright acidity carries the wine to a textural, concentrated finish.

About Clearview Estate

Clearview Estate is one of oldest, most well established wineries in Hawke's Bay and is situated on the Te Awanga Coast, south of Napier. It's a great place to visit for tastings at the cellar door as well as lunch in the dappled shade of the established courtyard area. The winery was founded by Tim Turvey, winemaker and co-owner. The current winemaker is the multi talented Matt Kirby.

Ethereal aromas of exotic spice and sandalwood set the mood for this luscious aromatic wine. The flavours of rosewater, ginger and marzipan are opulent and rich. This unctuous, full bodied Gew?rztraminer finishes with a powerful but elegant finish.

On the nose it's all rose petals and lychee with undertones of lemon and marmalade
providing depth and complexity. The palate has bright flavours, exotic spice and lovely
concentration. The wine has a weight and roundness whilst displaying a fine thread of
acidity.

Commercial description

 With its delightful blend of lychee and rose petal, stone fruit, and fresh lemon aromas, this wine is a true masterpiece. The off-dry taste delivers a rich, rounded, and generous palate, with a lovely concentration that leaves you wanting more. You?ll experience floral, citrus, and juicy tropical fruit flavours, all perfectly combined to produce a full-flavored wine that?s gentle on the acidity and has a weighty mouthfeel. Delicious doesn?t begin to describe it! Try Lawson?s Dry Hills Gew?rztraminer today, and experience the perfect blend of classic and modern flavours.

Produced from the Lawson's Dry Hills home block vineyard around the winery, where Ross and Barbara established their first vineyard in the early 80s. Since then the Gew?rztraminer from this vineyard has legendary in New Zealand wine circles, made in a medium style this wine has a rich, round mouth feel with great depth and concentration whilst displaying wonderful aromatics

Grown in the Riverpoint vineyard, the grapes are hand harvested and gently de-stemmed into upright wooden vessels sourced from France. Here the fruit sits and assimilates its origins and the surrounding resonance of the people who care for it. Nothing is added, nothing is taken away. No temperature control. No yeasts. Fermentation is assisted by careful mixing of the grapes and their juices.  Fermented 66 days on skins. When the vigour has settled, a cover is used to keep it warm and safe. At a later time the wine is pressed to barrels and left to sit until Spring, when it is then taken away from its sediments, settled and bottled, without filtration. Minimal sulphur is used throughout. Closed with natural cork, because we prefer it this way, it also adds to the five phenolics of taste, and upon opening makes a sound which is less heard of in these modern times and still makes your mouth water...

This wine is lifted with hints of cardamom, fennel seed and turmeric. A Moroccan market spice delight. There is an adoring complexity, rich with sweet sensations. It is cloudy from natural sediments, soft yet drying to the taste. It smells very clearly of its origins in terms of place and fruit. There is deep spice and almost waxy root crops, yet with lively pink rose aromas. It isn?t quaint, nor is it fruity. The taste is long and intense. Once opened, this wine will last, even improve, for a number of days afterwards, so take your time, savour and drink in moderation, with love and gratitude, but always remember to keep another bottle handy!

Wine from BioGro Certified Organic and Demeter Certified Biodynamic Grapes.