The bouquet is very lifted and zesty, a high aromatic profile of sliced apple, mint, pear, lychee, lemon and sherbet.
Appearance
Light straw tones.
Palate
The palate is soft and considered, this moves slowly with a lovely
texture backed by mouth-watering soft acidity. The fruit drives
very clean and long, with stone fruits and a slate like steeliness. This
wine is already offering great sheer drinking pleasure, it shows the
great restrain and power that the best examples of Eden Valley
Riesling can possess. This will age effortlessly and will drink well at
all stages of its evolution.
Vinification
The fruit was hand-picked. No acid added, amazing natural acidity
and low pH. The fruit was crushed and the free run was taken with
the pressing going elsewhere. The juice was cold settled before
inoculation – no lees. Cool and slow fermentation period where it
was closely monitored. Wine was fined and filtered before bottling.
Matured for 3 months in stainless steel. The wine was bottled in
July, fresh & bright.
Range Notes
The Eden Valley has a proud history of
Riesling. Two Hands ‘The Boy’ is the epitome
of an Eden Valley Riesling with its exotic
amomatics and great intensity of flavour on
the palate.
Vintage Notes
The 2023 vintage was challenging, we experienced a very
wet winter with a number of very humid days to match. Heat
summation over Summer and sun daylight hours were going to
be much lower that we were normally used to, presenting us
with a much slower ripening curve. With wine we put the vintage
year on the label for a reason, to show what we can achieve in an
independent 12-month period, from pruning to wine in barrels. I am
thrilled with what our Two Hands team has achieved in a such a
perplexing, challenging and interesting season.