Loveblock Marlborough Gewurtztraminer 2021

The grapes for this wine were sourced entirely from their family-owned Rosebush vineyard in Lower Dashwood, where the elevated and windy location challenges the vines. Hints of guava, sweet mandarin and blood orange on the palate. Finishes with good rounded texture and nice acid tension. Grown with love, made with care.

Vineyard Notes

The grapes for this wine were sourced entirely from their family-owned Rosebud vineyard in Lower Dashwood, where the elevated and windy location challenges the vines. Dependent on vigour, the vines were cane pruned to either one or two canes and trained to vertical shoot position. The cool spring of 2022 significantly reduced the crop, dropping yields down to 2.5 tonnes per hectare. Both the number and size of the berries were impacted, meaning that there was good skin to juice ratio, giving the final wine a more intense flavour. Due to the low yields, the Gewurztraminer grapes were picked all in one go in March 2023.

Vinification

Once at the winery, the grapes were crushed and destemmed. The juice was in contact with the skins for 4 hours and then the must was chilled and pressed, then floated, warmed and inoculated with an aromatic yeast. A cool fermentation followed and when the wine was deemed in balance (in residual sugar, alcohol and acidity) the ferment was stopped. The wine was then stabilised, filtered and bottled in July 2023.