Riesling is Andrew’s pet project. He produces no fewer than four styles: dry, classic, select and botrytis, or Germanically speaking, from trocken to Beerenauslese.
The Classic Riesling weighing in at 11.5% alcohol is pale straw/green in colour with a complex nose mixing orange and lemon notes with honeysuckle scents.
Flavours of juicy orange citrus and mandarin, lemon honey and stonefruit surge across the tongue with the residual sugar given lift by the grippy mineral finish.
Framingham wins top NZ Riesling, Saturday, 16 May 2009
Framingham Classic Riesling 2008 awarded gold and trophy as New Zealand’s Best Riesling at the Decanter World Wine Awards – the world’s largest wine competition.
• Award supports Jancis Robinson’s earlier description of Framingham Wines as “New Zealand’s finest Riesling producer”.
"... this has lovely crisp acidity, an off-dry but never sweet finish, and lovely delicate green fruit. Made to sip in the summer sun." John Wilson, Irish Times July 2009
