Louis Latour Agencies

London Wine Fair : Winemaker Focus Seresin Estate

13 April 2017

Stand B22

New for 2017 we are presenting a series of Wine Flights throughout the three days of the London Wine Fair. Breaking our range of wines and cognacs into bite sized pieces, these flights will show case the breadth and variety of our products and new and sometime surprising ways.

To celebrate those that are making the journey to London for the London Wine Fair we have arranged a series of winemaker tastings focusing on the elements of these properties which set them apart from their peers. The first of these is Seresin Estate from New Zealand.

Seresin Estate, Marlborough New Zealand

Located in the Marlborough region of Seresin Estate was established in 1992 when Michael Seresin bought a virgin piece of land in the Wairau Valley. Here he planted vineyards and olive groves with the intention of working as naturally as possible to produce wines and olive oils of great individuality and quality.

At this year’s London Wine Fair Leah Seresin, Michael’s daughter and her colleague Sara Fogarty will be presenting a 2013 horizontal tasting of four of the Estate’s Pinot Noirs.

Noa Single Vineyard Pinot Noir

Noa, located in the Wairau Valley, was Seresin’s first vineyard. The vines are tucked in the lee of the terrace, where it is protected, with little exposure, but is cool as it is next to the creek. The soil is alluvial, with a mixture of fine gravels and silts. The wines tend to have a feminine nature, with silky fine tannins, and are our most delicate and prettily aromatic.

Tatou Single Vineyard Pinot Noir

Also in the Wairau Valley, Tatou vineyard sits at the original convergence of the Waihopai and Wairau rivers and has a stony and disrupted soil profile, with many larger rocks and sparse topsoil. The resulting wine is, less overtly fruit than wine the other two vineyards, with broad-shouldered tannins and an austere structure.

Raupo Creek Single Vineyard

The third of Seresin’s vineyards is located in the Omaka Valley and has a distinctly different terroir. The soil is clay based, with some windblown silt.  The top of the hill is exposed, ripens at an earlier stage and is drier. The fruit is more concentrated, with greater sugar accumulation. The middle of the hill has a little more water and is less exposed, and gives a more crisp character. The Raupo Creek wine expresses a blend of these characters – dark fruit and a sense of breadth and richness, yet with a cool, crisp acidity

Rachel Pinot Noir

A blend from all three vineyard sites, Rachel is named after Michael Seresin’s mother. It is concentrated and full, with a dense core of rich fruit, alongside savoury spice and herbal notes, all underpinned by silky-fine and mouth coating tannins. The main portion of fruit is from the clay-rich hillside Raupo Creek vineyard, in the Omaka Valley, with the balance coming from the alluvial shingles of Tatou vineyard and Noa vineyard, which is comprised of Waimakariri soil types, alluvial in origin.

 

On tasting

Monday 3pm – 6pm | Tuesday 9.30am – 2.30pm | Wednesday 12 – 2.30pm