Tasting Notes
Upfront power and concentration is met by razor sharp acidity that cuts through the 173 grams of residual sugar like butter. The balance between the sweetness and acid can only be from a place that grows flavours and complexity through a vice like the Waitaki, each layer of this wine feels like peeling an onion. Preserved lemons and crushed rock are the flavour spine of this wine through a golden hued lens. The greatest sweet wines of the world never smell or taste shrivelled and mouldy, they simply exude the same effortless drinkability as an off dry Riesling, that is so powerful it feels like falling into a black hole. - Importer Note
Always an inquisitive and enthusiastic drinker, Sierra’s journey in wine began in New Zealand whilst filming with the Family of Twelve. Interviewing those leading families of New Zealand wine inspired her to change her life and begin the journey from drinker to maker.
A complete immersion in winemaking followed with a rapid succession of vintages as a global nomad in Paso Robles (Hearst Ranch Winery), the Yarra Valley (Domain Chandon), the Napa Valley (Piña), the Barossa Valley (Head Wines), Mornington Peninsula (Kooyong), Central Otago (Rippon), Beaujolais, France (Domain du Vissoux), the Grampians (Mount Langi Ghiran), the Napa Valley (Hunnicutt Winery), Barolo, Italy (E. Pira & Figli – Chiara Boschis) Geelong (Lethbridge Wines), Rheingau, Germany (Robert Weil) and Pfalz, Germany (Kohler Rupreckt).
The journey has left a series of lasting lessons, provided many inspirations and also created lifelong friendships. It led to Sierra making her first wines in February, 2015. Sierra hopes that you seek out her wines and that they bring you as much joy in the drinking as they have in the making.
Reed Wines is the current custodian of the picturesque Spring Creek vineyard in Jan Juc. The site comprises 1.5 hectares of land and its 38-year-old vines grow atop fossilised limestone in the coastal, maritime climate.
| Product Type | Wine White Riesling |
| Volume | 375ml |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Central Otago |
| Sub Region | Waitaki Valley |
| Winemaking Practices | Minimal Intervention |
| Vineyard Practices | Minimal Intervention |