FORREST BOTRYTISED RIESLING 2024 375ml

Double Gold Medal – New Zealand International Wine Show 2025
Gold Medal – Marlborough Wine Show 2025

Winery notes (2024 Vintage)
"It’s got the backbone of a great Riesling, glorious gold glint, orange marmalade, apricot and toffee aromas, sweet opulent palate and a clean lingering finish – perfection! Full unctuous mouthfeel, perfectly balanced with crisp, fresh acidity.

Harvest occurs 4-8 weeks after normal physiological ripeness and the degree of botrytised berries varies per bunch, usually around 40-90%.
All fruit is hand selected, slowly pressed, cool fermented, cold settled, blended, fined and filtered prior to bottling. 206g/l RS."

93/100 David Walker Bell, WineFolio.co.nz, November 2025 (2024 Vintage)
"A sweet wine from Marlborough pioneering producers Forrest – winner of a rare Double Gold at the NZIWS in 2025. A pale, intense gold colour in the glass – just a touch of green at the rim. It has excellent varietal typicity as well as that toffee and tar scent of a great sticky on the nose. Lime, orange, apple and apricot flavours turned into that pie, marmalade and curd direction. Decadent and concentrated with the fruit sweetness balanced by zesty acidity. A clean finish is both unctuous and refreshing at once."