Craft Series The Exemplar Viognier - Marisco

In the glass, the Craft Series The Exemplar Viognier from the pen of Marisco shows a dense golden yellow color. This mature white wine also pleases the eye with golden-yellow reflections If you swirl the glass, this single-varietal New Zealand wine presents wonderfully expressive notes of grapefruit, mangoes, physalis and kumquats in the glass. These are joined by hints of other fruits.

The Marisco Craft Series The Exemplar Viognier presents itself pleasantly dry to the wine enthusiast. This white wine is never coarse or meager, but round and smooth. Due to the balanced fruit acidity, the Craft Series The Exemplar Viognier flatters the palate with a pleasing feel, without lacking juicy liveliness at the same time.

Vinification of the Craft Series The Exemplar Viognier by Marisco

The powerful Craft Series The Exemplar Viognier from New Zealand is a single varietal wine made from the Viognier grape variety. The grapes grow near rivers on New Zealand's South Island. The vines here dig their roots deep into soils of gravel. Due to the moderating influence of the nearby river, the grapes ripen more slowly and develop more aromatic partiality. The fact that Viognier grapes thrive under the influence of a rather cool climate also has a considerable influence on the ripening of the grapes. This manifests itself, among other things, in particularly long and uniform grapes and rather moderate alcohol content in the wine. When perfectly ripe, the grapes for the Craft Series The Exemplar Viognier are harvested exclusively by hand without the help of coarse and less selective machines. After the harvest, the grapes are immediately taken to the press house. Here they are sorted and carefully broken up. Fermentation then takes place in large wood at controlled temperatures. The vinification is followed by a maturation of 9 months in French barrels.

Food recommendation for the Craft Series The Exemplar Viognier of Marisco

This New Zealander is best enjoyed well chilled at 8 - 10°C. It is perfect as an accompaniment to stir-fried vegetables with fish, coconut-lime fish curry or vegetable salad with beetroot.

Awards for the Craft Series The Exemplar Viognier from Marisco

This wine from Marlborough not only inspires us, no, even renowned wine reviewers have already awarded it medals. Among the ratings for the 2015 vintage are

• IWC International Wine Challenge - Gold
• China Wine & Spirits Award - Gold

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