Te Whare Ra
SV5182 Gewürztraminer 2025 750ml

Limited Release

Te Whare Ra has a long standing reputation for producing one of New Zealand’s finest Gewürztraminers and much of the credit must go to the vineyard here. This wine is produced solely from 14 rows in the old block which were planted in 1979 and are some of the oldest vines in Marlborough at 41 years of age. Part of the reason for our conversion to organic and biodynamic farming was to rescue these old vines and coax them back to life. We saw huge potential in this old block and successfully rejuvenating them has been one of our greatest achievements. They are very low-cropping, which is not great for the accountant’s numbers, but this is worth it for the amazing complexity and concentration we get from the fruit and the exceptional quality of the resultant wines.

TASTING NOTES

Intensely perfumed, with notes of lychees, mango, ripe oranges and cloves. These lead into luscious varietal flavours of lychee and quince, with underlying characters of ginger and exotic spice.  The palate shows intense fruit concentration and weight with a fine, soft texture and excellent persistence of flavour. This wine is off dry and continues the outstanding quality of previous vintages of our Te Whare Ra Gewürztraminer.

Vintage 2025: Over the spring we experienced favourable conditions over flowering which is really important for Gewurz as it's very susceptible to poor flowering. This meant we had a nice, even set which always bodes well for very balanced, harmonious wines.  We had no issues with frost and the summer that followed gave us some regular rain events to retain good soil moisture, so no irrigation was required. The latter half of summer was very warm and dry which meant that the lead up to harvest was nice and gentle. Our harvest began on track with our long-term averages starting in mid - March and was completed by the first week in April.

The resultant wines are very impressive with great depth of flavour and fleshiness whilst still exhibiting lovely purity of fruit, bright aromatics, and ripe, juicy acidity.

This 2025 Gewürztraminer is delicious to drink now and will also really benefit from careful cellaring for 4 – 8 years for those who prefer it with some bottle age.