Tūpari Late Harvest Riesling 2018

The 2018 Tūpari Late Harvest Riesling is a luscious late harvest dessert wine with delicious marmalade, honey and floral aromas, luscious apricot flavours and a long, elegant finish.

FOOD MATCH: Indulge with a delicious cheese or lemon cake, panna cotta, or home baked Christmas mince pies. Or shake things up a bit and enjoy it chilled in the afternoon as an aperitif, alongside a creamy duck liver parfait and cheeses (ethically produced of course!).

CHEESE MATCH: Pair with creamy cheeses such as a soft goats cheese, camembert, brie or with harder cheeses that have a “swiss flavor”.

Tūpari Late Harvest Riesling Tasting with Glenn

The Tūpari Riesling block is situated on a thin terrace stretching along the top of the cliff face with magnificent valley views. Warm days and cool nights combined to create the distinguishing character and rich flavours typical of this Awatere Valley wine. In 2018 the conditions were perfect to create the Late Harvest Riesling. We left the grapes on the vine for an additional month to encourage the noble rot to develop. The health of the vines enabled nearly 100% botrytis cover, which concentrated the berries, finally adding apricot notes and complexity to the finished wine.

Once Glenn was happy with the berry shrivel and the flavours, we hand picked the grapes and juice was carefully fermented.