Dry River Craighall Riesling Martinborough 2022
Dry River’s 2022 Riesling captures a cooler season with zesty aromatics, lemon leaves, pink grapefruit, green moss, and wet river stones whilst holding tension with fresh acid, almost salty, and a lighter, fine-boned texture balanced with off-dry sugar. This layered wine promises to develop and open in the glass, with cellaring potential at ten years.
Dry River’s 2022 Riesling captures a cooler season with zesty aromatics, lemon leaves, pink grapefruit, green moss, and wet river stones whilst holding tension with fresh acid, almost salty, and a lighter, fine-boned texture balanced with off-dry sugar. This layered wine promises to develop and open in the glass, with cellaring potential at ten years.
Dry River’s 2022 Riesling captures a cooler season with zesty aromatics, lemon leaves, pink grapefruit, green moss, and wet river stones whilst holding tension with fresh acid, almost salty, and a lighter, fine-boned texture balanced with off-dry sugar. This layered wine promises to develop and open in the glass, with cellaring potential at ten years.
The name Dry River carries an historical significance as the name of one of the earliest Wairarapa sheep stations (ca. 1877). This was later sold off by the Seddon government and renamed Dyerville, leaving the renamed Waihora River (circa 1900) and the renamed Dyerville Rd (1994) - both after Dry River - as the only reminders of this part of our pastoral farming history. In 1979 Neil and Dawn McCallum planted a vineyard a few kilometres from Dyerville in a very dry, gravely and free-draining area now called the 'Martinborough Terrace' and they took the name Dry River for the vineyard and wines in what was to become another chapter of Martinborough's farming history. Their dream was to produce individual, high quality regional wines which faithfully reflect the 'terroir', vintage and are suitable for cellaring.
"Youthful, though approachable Riesling that promises to age well."
95 Points
Like all Dry River wines, this has concentrated flavours and a rich, mouth-filling texture. Strong citrus, lime zest, apricot, white rose and chalky mineral flavours supported by a thread of lively acidity. Youthful, though approachable Riesling that promises to age well. Drink 2016–2026
www.therealreview.com, 12 Mar 2016
