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MAIN DIVIDE RIESLING 2023

Name: MAIN DIVIDE RIESLING 2023
SKU: 4505
Price: 17.99 NZD
Availability: InStock

So easy to enjoy…

Product Code: 4505
Country: New Zealand
Region: North Canterbury
Sub Region: Waipara
Style: White
Variety: Riesling
Producer: Main Divide

Closure: Screw Cap
Unit: Each
Volume: 750ml
Alcohol: 12.0%
Grape: 100% Riesling

Original price was: $22.99.Current price is: $17.99.

So easy to enjoy…

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A firm favourite of ours and quite possibly the greater population due to its inherently lovable nature. A definite inclusion on our list of 'comfort wines', Main Divide Riesling is so easy to enjoy.

Winery notes (2023 Vintage)
"Pale gold in colour, the nose erupts with vibrant aromas of orange zest, citrus blossom, and pink grapefruit, speckled with dashes of lime sherbet, frangipani, and fond childhood memories of pineapple Fruju on a summer’s day. In the mouth there is a pleasing tension, a rich honeyed palate framed with charming sweetness and a lick of bracing acidity, adding structure and length to the long and elegant close."

5 Stars & 94/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, June 2024 (2023 Vintage)
"Gorgeously fruited and seductively fragrant, showing grilled pineapple, mango, orange peel and warm spice aromas on the nose, followed by an opulent palate that's filled with rich fruit intensity combined with subtle sweetness and juicy acidity, making it delectable and highly enjoyable. Style: Medium. At its best: now to 2030."

5 Stars & 18.5/20 (93) Candice Chow, Raymond Chan Reviews, July 2024 (2023 Vintage)
"Bright, even, pale yellow with depth and a green sheen. The nose is full, with lush aromas of mango, kumquat, sweet floral, honey and citrus. Medium-full bodied, medium-dry to taste, aromas of mango entwined with kumquat, honey, frangipani and citrus zest. The flavours are complex and lightly savoury; honey richness and fruit weight provide substance flows along a zingy acid line. This rich, medium-dry style Riesling is complex with tropical and citrus lead, enriched by honey and savoury botrytised elements, driving a charming, long finish. The grapes were picked in stages; some parcels were left to hang and harvested with a portion of noble botrytis. The free run juice was cool-fermented 12% alc, 24 g/l RS."

92/100 Cameron Douglas MS, June 2024 (2023 Vintage)
"Bright, fleshy and fruity wine with a core of varietal fruit flavours of apples and lemon, white fleshed pomaceous fruits and honeysuckle. An off-dry wine touches the palate with an immediate contrasting rush of acidity, then flavours that mirror the bouquet. Delicious, fresh and ready with best drinking from 2024 through 2029.

Joelle Thomson, drinksbiz Magazine October/November 2024 (2023 Vintage)
"Main Divide Riesling is North Canterbury's best-value Riesling, hands-down. Lush, fleshy and textural, it has intensely powerful ripe mandarin aromas, luscious lemon zet flavours and the ability to age for seven to eight years plus. This is New Zealand’s most consistently delicious Riesling under $25 every year."

We provide a door to door delivery service nationwide. Delivery charges are calculated on a 12 bottle case or part there of.

Delivery charges are calculated during the checkout process based off your address post code. Please ensure you choose the correct post code. We will advise you if you have chosen the incorrect post code.

You may also choose to 'pick up' your order from our wine shop at 188 Durham Street South, Christchurch.

For further details on prices and delivery options please go to the Delivery & Returns section of our site.

If for any reason you are not entirely happy with your order or you suspect that it may be affected by a quality issue, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will remedy the problem straight away. Contact us on (03) 3655134.

Note, for orders of 1 - 2 bottles we charge an additional $5 for packaging. To ensure the safety of the bottles we use specially designed posting boxes.

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Main Divide is operated by the Donaldson family who work with a number of vineyards in North Canterbury, bringing the fruit together for processing at their winery in Waipara.

Like many New Zealand winemakers, Main Divide pursues a philosophy of natural methods and minimal intervention. They believe in sustainable viticulture, organic techniques, low crop levels, and minimal fruit handling during processing (along with gentle pressing).

Main Divide allows their wine to go through fermentation by wild yeasts, natural secondary or malo-lactic fermentation, and to clarify by settling.

Wine-maker Matthew Donaldson many years of experience and passion to produce a range of wines that show fresh, clean and pure fruit flavours while at the same time clearly expressing the characteristics of each unique vineyard. Matthew has many years experience making wine for both new and old world producers with a particular emphasis on Pinot Noir producing regions.