Nederburg The Winemasters Riesling 2018

This wine is available for purchase in South Africa.

The Winemasters ensemble, comprising a top-quality range of varietal offerings, is named to honour the Paarl winery’s long-established tradition of winemaking excellence. These classically styled, food-friendly wines with abundant fruit flavours, elegance and finesse, treasure the integrity of the grapes in every step of the wine-growing and winemaking journey. Every drop demonstrates an unwavering commitment to world-class vineyard and cellar skills.

The grapes were sourced from vineyards in the Western Cape. Grafted onto nematode-resistant rootstock Richter 99 and 101-14, some of the vines received supplementary irrigation from a micro-irrigation system while in other instances, fruit was grown under dryland conditions. Yields averaged around 8,5 tons per hectare.

The grapes were harvested by hand at 21º to 23º Balling in February and March.

The fruit was crushed and gently pressed to extract quality juice. Fermentation took place in stainless-steel tanks at 15° to 16ºC.The fermenting wine was put through a centrifuge separator once the desired sugar and alcohol levels were reached.