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.