Blank Canvas Marlborough Gruner Veltliner 2023

Blank Canvas Marlborough Gruner Veltliner 

Region: Marlborough, New Zealand

Vintage: 2023

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Gruner Veltliner 

ABV: 13%

Notes: Sustainable, Vegetarian, Vegan

The wine has brilliant orange citrus and white pepper aromatics while on the palate there is full-bodied richness, texture and complexity.

In a slight twist to the usual Blank Canvas philosophy, the 2023 vintage was sourced from two single vineyards, from the Central Wairau and the Brancott subregions. Both vineyards are located on the alluvial loams and gravels of the Central Wairau and enjoy the slightly warmer inland heat during the day, sheltered from exposure to the coastal easterly.

The fruit was hand-picked on 5th and 13th April. At the winery, the fruit was de-stemmed, crushed and gently pressed. The wine was run into large French oak puncheons (20% new) with the balance to a single stainless steel tank for fermentation. A select yeast strain was used, fermentation was completed in 12 days and the wine then underwent elevage on lees, with no battonage. Malolactic fermentation was avoided. The wine was bottled on 30th January 2024.

Blank Canvas is the vinous studio of award-winning international winemaking consultant Matt Thomson and Master of Wine Sophie Parker-Thomson. With over 40 years of collective experience in the global wine industry, they produce small batch fine wines from exceptional single vineyard sites throughout New Zealand under their art-meets-science project

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