Peregrine Riesling 2022

Family-owned, organic winery Peregrine has been farming its Central Otago vineyards and producing wines that embody the region’s landscape and terroir for the last 25 years. Nestled among rugged mountains and pristine rivers, Peregrine produces a range of award winning, premium wines, including Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc.
Taking a ‘hands on’ approach to winemaking since 1998, the McLachlan family share a passion for the land and a vision about how they wanted to manage it. And so Peregrine began their organic journey in 2009, culminating in the Biogro organic certification for the entire Peregrine range in the 2017 vintage.

The result are wines made from exceptional organic fruit, and which tell the story faithfully of Central Otago’s unique climate and environment.

Fruit was sourced from two sub-regions: 86% came from Bendigo (known for producing fruit with intense flavours and minerality) and 14% from Pisa (contributing to the wine's aromatic complexity and balance). Grapes were hand-picked with a mixture of whole bunch pressing and gentle crushing and pressing to obtain texture and flavour from the skins. Fermentation was in stainless steel tanks at a cool temperatures (12-14 degrees), before being held on light lees in tank for 5 months with occasional lees stirring.