Giesen Gemstone Riesling

Enticing and textural with notes of luscious citrus blossom and white florals. A beautiful flow and balance with subtle sweetness and hints of smokiness.

Each vintage the fruit comes exclusively from a single vineyard within the Marlborough wine region. The 2017 vintage was from the Giesen-owned Eden Valley Vineyard in the lower Waihopai Valley; our 2018 and 2020 vintages were from a single vineyard in the Awatere Valley.

A portion of the blend is fermented and matured in granite tanks. It’s the use of granite which makes Gemstone special.

Granite tanks are made from one giant slab of plutonic rock and the French have been fermenting in them for centuries. Granite acts a little like oak barrels, it lets air in and they ever so slightly ‘sweat’, this slight evaporation adds concentration to the wine. This ensures the wine portion matured in granite is clean, bright and full of flavour.

A unique Gemstone of a wine.