Loveblock Marlborough Dry Riesling 2023

Loveblock's Dry Riesling is a certified-organic Marlborough Riesling from Kim and Erica Crawford, grown on their Woolshed vineyard high in the Awatere Valley and made bone-dry.

Marlborough | Awatere Valley | Certified Organic | Bone-Dry Riesling

Tasting Notes

Minerality, honey and lime defines this dry Riesling. The back palate explodes with lemon and lime notes. The mid-palate is warm with a hint of spice and a touch of honey, backed by stony minerality and linear acidity.

A taut, bone-dry Riesling with citrus drive and a stony Awatere backbone.

Why you'll love it: A properly dry Riesling, all lime and wet-stone freshness rather than sweetness, with the linear acidity that makes it such a natural partner for Japanese food. Lovely now and built to age.

The Vineyard

The grapes come from the certified-organic Woolshed vineyard on Loveblock Farm, in the Lower Dashwood corner of Marlborough's Awatere Valley, where aged alluvial loams over stone give the wine its minerality. The 2023 season brought ideal flowering and a warm, dry summer, with the fruit hand-picked in good condition at the end of March. The vineyard is farmed organically and regeneratively.

About Loveblock

Loveblock is the certified-organic project of Kim and Erica Crawford, who created it after selling the eponymous Kim Crawford label they had built into one of New Zealand's best-known brands. Perched high on the hills above Marlborough's Awatere Valley, the vineyards are farmed organically and regeneratively, with a deliberately light hand in the winery so that the site, rather than the winemaking, does the talking. With more than thirty years of winemaking behind him, Kim crafts a small range of aromatic, terroir-driven whites that have become a byword for honest, naturally made New Zealand wine.

Perfect with sushi, sashimi or other fish dishes. Its dryness and citrus acidity are tailor-made for fresh, delicate Japanese food.

Discover more in our Loveblock collection, or call or text Laura on 021 591 500 for a personal recommendation.