Nanny Goat Cross Breed (Organic) 2022 - Central Otago, New Zealand

91/100 Bob Campbell, The Real Review

Bronze - Bob Campbell, The Real Review (2021 vintage)
93/100 Bob Campbell, The Real Review (2019 vintage)
Bronze - New Zealand Wine Rater (2019 vintage)

Organic

Bob Campbell, The Real Review "A field blend of gewürztraminer, pinot gris and riesling co-fermented on the skins to produce a wine with a blush of colour. Gewürztraminer dominates, giving the wine a strong floral/lychee character together with other tree fruit flavours. Intriguing wine with an off-dry finish.

Bob Campbell, The Real Review "Pinot gris, gewürztraminer and sauvignon blanc co-fermented on the grape skins. A blush of colour from skin contact with toffee, floral and spice flavours supported by peppery tannins and gentle acidity." (2021 vintage)

Bob Campbell, The Real Review "A field blend of co-fermented gewürztraminer 63%, pinot gris 32% and chardonnay 3%. Pale orange wine, with a mix of floral and fruit flavours. An attractive dry wine with appealing purity (2019 vintage)

New Zealand Wine Rater "Bright red potato-skin, copper hue. Intensely aro matic with notes of apricot, Turkish delight, lavender and complex sulphides. Dry, and lean with taut acidity. Has plenty of merit and moderate tannins but could do with a bit more concentration." (2019 vintage)

54% Gewürztraminer, 30% Pinot Gris,16% Muscat

Organic wines are made from grapes grown without pesticides, following strict organic standards. Organic wines are produced in vineyards that do not use synthetic chemicals. Certified organic wines have been certified by BioGro Organic certification in New Zealand.

Highly awarded and acclaimed, wine-maker Alan Peters-Oswald is a specialist premium pinot noir maker. The Central Otago wine region is the world's southern-most commercial wine-growing region, and famous for its Pinot Noir. It differs from all other New Zealand wine areas in that it is inland, in the foothills of the Southern Alps. The level of sunlight is very high, something that accounts for the high levels of alcohol that are often found in Central Otago wines.

Nestled within a timeless and sensual landscape, Nanny Goat Estate Vineyard sits between 270m and 290m above sea level spread across two ancient, North East facing terraces. This is a region of climatic extremes with typically very hot summers, short autumns and bitterly cold winter days. Challenging conditions for producing world-class cool climate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Successive periods of glaciation and recession, followed by erosion by Mata Au / Clutha River have shaped the Nanny Goat Estate landscape by creating distinct terraces of alluvial soils that are pastiche of loess, gravel, schist and mineral quartz. Generations of farming and the associated cultivation of lucerne and other feed crops have added organic matter to the wind blowen loessial topsoil providing us with a nice balance between vine vigor and free draining attributes.