Bob Campbell is one of only 264 Masters of Wine in the world. An international wine judge, Bob judges wine professionally in ten countries and contributes regularly to publications around the world. His specialty is New Zealand wine which he reviews from an international perspective.
Six super stickies from Framingham
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
Super stickies from the master of sweet
I recently attended a new release tasting of six Framingham Botrytised wines from the 2008 vintage – a year when botrytis made its indelible and sometimes painful mark on many Marlborough wines. The wines will be reviewed in full when I have had a second chance to taste samples blind with similar styles.
The wines are:
Framingham 2008 Botrytised Viognier 375ml (148 bottles) RS 250g/l $40
Framingham 2008 Botrytised Gewurztraminer 375ml (450 bottles) RS 240g/l $40
Framingham 2008 Noble Riesling 375ml (2500 bottles) RS 190g/l $30.95
Framingham 2008 No.1 Auslese 375ml (260 bottles) RS 220g/l $40
Framingham 2008 No.2 Auslese 375ml (265 bottles) RS 220g/l $40
Framingham 2008 No.3 Auslese 375ml (254 bottles) RS 275g/l $40
I plan to add prices and residual sugar levels when I can get these from Framingham’s brilliant winemaker, Andrew Hedley. All are very good (and very collectible). My own favourite is the Gewurztraminer, an absolutely amazing wine with pure botrytis and strong varietal flavours.
Andrew says that the harvest sugars on all three Auslese Rieslings are above or just on the minimum for trockenbeerenauslese wines in Germany.
The botrytised Viognier will be sold in a two-bottle gift pack with the (outstanding) 2007 Viognier table wine for around $80. The three Riesling Auslesen will be sold in a pack of three for $100 and the leftovers (if any) will be sold as single bottles at the above prices.