Pewsey Vale Prima Riesling
$2799each
$335DOZEN
WineryPewsey Vale
Fruit Riesling
Regions Eden Valley
  South Australia
Each $27.99
$335.00
Available in cartons of six
Inspired by elder bottles of Pewsey Vale Riesling, Yalumba resolved to make an early harvest wine with lower alcohol, a fine balance of natural acids and idyllic levels of residual sugar. Prima is made from grapes picked three to four weeks before the rest of the vineyard. Chosen for their fine citrus flavours, grapes are carefully selected when their natural sugar levels are near 10° Baume. The wine is finished to a semi dry style which retains some of the fruit in balance with chalky mineral acidity, exhibiting purity of style, as it evoves layers of toastyness and spice.
In 1847 Joseph Gilbert planted a single acre of vines, establishing Eden Valley's pioneer sites and one of Australia's first high altitude, cool climate vineyards. Gilbert trialled many different grape varieties at Pewsey Vale, later distributing cuttings to aspiring growers in surrounding areas. Pewsey Vale eventually fell into disuse until 1961, when the estate's proprietor Geoffrey Angas Parsons, paid a visit to his good friend Wyndham Hill Smith at Yalumba with a proposal to restore the ancient Pewsey Vale Vineyard. Prima is bottled to enhance the exotic nature of this wine whilst preserving its pure fruit flavours. The naturally lower alcohol of the wine further heightens its refreshing character.
TASTING NOTES
Very pale in colour with green hues. The aroma has a hint of the classic Pewsey Vale but is most redolent of lemon blossom, nectarines and lychees. The palate shows great length with a vibrancy of perfumed fruits such as guava and sweet peach overlaid with a touch of spicy clove. The balance of the wine is succulent and mouth watering as it invites a second glass. Exhibits a purity of style, slowly developing flavour layers of fresh toast and spice.
Wines by Pewsey Vale
Pewsey Vale 1961 Block Riesling
WineryPewsey Vale
Fruit Riesling
Regions Eden Valley
  South Australia
  Each $36.99
  $443.00
Available in cartons of six
    [ Details ]
Pewsey Vale Contours Museum Riesling
WineryPewsey Vale
Fruit Riesling
Regions Eden Valley
  South Australia
  Each $38.99
  $467.00
Available in cartons of six
    [ Details ]
Pewsey Vale Prima Riesling
WineryPewsey Vale
Fruit Riesling
Regions Eden Valley
  South Australia
  Each $27.99
  $335.00
Available in cartons of six
    [ Details ]
Pewsey Vale Riesling
WineryPewsey Vale
Fruit Riesling
Regions Eden Valley
  South Australia
  Each $25.99
  $311.00
Available in cartons of six
    [ Details ]
About the Pewsey Vale Winery
High in the hills surrounding the Barossa Valley lies Pewsey Vale, Eden Valley's first vineyard
Pewsey Vale's founder, Englishman Joseph Gilbert, arrived in South Australia after seeing an advertisement in the London Times announcing the vessel, The Buckinghamshire's imminent departure for the colony. Land was up for grabs and Joseph wasted no time grabbing it, just four months after his arrival - 15,000 acres of rugged high country in the then-wild and remote Barossa ranges, some 40 miles from Adelaide. By 1841, just two years after his arrival, Joseph, the 38 year old son of a well-heeled English landowner, had built a fine homestead and planted Pewsey Vale's first grapevines. The vines were of a table grape variety, but an idea was starting to take shape... Pewsey Vale»