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Synchromesh Wines Bob Hancock Riesling 2016
Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaThis 2017 harvest marked third generation Naramata born and raised farmer Bob Hancock's final vintage. Bob had seven decades' familiarity with the site, tucked up the north end of Naramta Bench and adjacent to his family's homestead. The 3.5 acre south-facing site is sloping gravelly clay and calcium carbonate, planted to self-rooted 21B Riesling vines. This is of a series of striking single-vineyard rieslings that winemaker Alan Dickinson produces each year. This Bob Hancock was sustainably farmed and cropped low, harvested in two picks and with six different ferments, with only a small part of sulphur added. The wine spent up to five months in stainless tank for clarity and freshness prior to bottling. Off-dry and confidently so, with a swell of juicy, quenching acidity to counter the 38 g/l RS. Ripe pear, white peach, honeysuckle, honeycomb, vibrant lime pulp lifts a bed of lees. There's an alluring savoury brown butter in the base right up to a spicy gingerale on the finish. Lush in the mouth, but slight in alcohol with all this intensity impressively packed into a 10 percent frame. This is drinking beautifully now, but will continue to age effortlessly. pH 2.79, TA 9.975. 442 cases.Tasted: 23 November 2017Tasted by: Prices:| BC | $26.00 | 750ml | winery direct, private wine shops |
Massey Wines & Spirits Ltd.
Grape: RieslingCSPC: 635524UPC: 626990144113
