Seifried Nelson Riesling 2024

93 Points (5 Stars) - Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, October 2024
4 Stars - Cuisine Magazine, March 2025
Silver - The National Wine Awards of Aotearoa New Zealand 2024

Vineyard: Seifried Edens Road vineyard
Sugar at Harvest: 21.3 °Brix
Date of Harvest: Late March 2024
pH of Wine: 2.91
T.A of Wine: 7.9g/L
Residual Sugar: 17.5g/L
Suitable for Vegetarians and Vegans: Yes

The Edens Road vineyard is an extremely stony area where water and nutrient levels are low. This helps to restrict plant vigour and to crop at low levels. To further enhance the aromatics, leaves were removed to allow light penetration and air movement to the fruiting zone. This vineyard is a combination of rocks and boulders which is very hard on farm equipment but vital for holding the warmth of Nelson's sun - and ripening the Riesling fruit.

Our 2024 Seifried Nelson Riesling comes from the perfect season we enjoyed with low rainfall and negligible disease pressure. The pristine fruit condition and low yields (from late October spring frost) meant we had amazing quality, low yielding fruit to work with. 2024 was simply an outstanding vintage in Nelson - in fact Hermann Seifried has commented that it is perhaps the very best vintage of his 49 seasons in the top of the South! That from a character not known for exaggeration or embellishments.

Delicate fruit flavours and aromas were retained from the vineyard using careful canopy management and the grapes were picked at optimal ripeness in good condition. Fruit was de-stemmed and pressed immediately after harvest, and a cool fermentation was initiated in stainless steel tanks to retain the clean aromatic fruit characters. The wine was blended and stabilised in July 2024.