Lawsons Dry Hills Gewurztraminer 2024

Lawson`s Dry Hills Gewurztraminer, Marlborough, New Zealand, 2024

Grape: 100% Gewurztraminer, 18-40 year old vines on clay soil (80% Home Block & 20% Woodward vineyard), sustainable farming, partial wild yeast fermentation in old French oak ("free run" juice in steel), ageing on yeast lees,  8.3g/L residual sugar

Producer Tasting Note:

Our 2024 Gewurz displays classic notes of lychee, cardamom, lemon and rose petals on the nose. The palate is round, rich and super concentrated with all the classic varietal flavours you’d expect. Just off dry with the hint of sweetness beautifully balanced by a gentle acidity. A delicious and memorable wine!

With age, this wine will continue to develop richness and complexity. Although naturally low in acidity, it ages slowly and will reward cellaring for at least ten years.

Critics' Tasting Notes:

"A classic bouquet of intensity and freshness, floral and fruit centric with exotic scents of fresh apples and pears, white pepper and quince, there’s a whisper of ginger and white nectarine then a minerality showing as stone. Just dry on the palate with a silky texture, core fruit flavours of pomaceous fruits and white nectarine, plenty of exotic spices and definitive acid line with a saline flick on the finish. Delicious and ready to drink from day of purchase through 2028."

92/100 points, Cameron Douglas MS, March 2025

"Richer than the Zephyr example but lots of fun and maybe this more-emphatic version would be a better teaching example! Long and salty on the end. Quite complex."  Drink 2026-2030

18.5+/100 points, Jancis Robinson, May 2025

Also awarded 5 stars Cuisine Magazine, New Zealand

Estate: Lawson’s Dry Hills is a "carbon zero" boutique winery, close to Blenheim in New Zealand’s Marlborough region. It is part of the Family of Twelve, a fraternity of twelve of New Zealand’s most prestigious and enduring artisanal wineries.

The original company vineyard was planted in 1982 by Ross and Barbara Lawson, who launched the Lawson’s Dry Hills label some ten years later, in 1992. Today, the company’s wines range from Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir to Riesling and Gewurztraminer and are all made from fruit grown in the Wairau, Waihopai, Omaka and Awatere Valleys. These different regions and carefully selected vineyard sites provide varying characteristics derived from the different soils and microclimates, giving many options when it comes to blending to that much-anticipated Lawson’s style.

The dedicated bunch of people that make up the small team here are relaxed in company, yet passionate about their wines. They are very ‘hands on’, living and breathing every part of the viticultural and winemaking process and love to share their award-winning wines with others.

Food Match: Try with flavours such as fresh ginger, clove, cinnamon, allspice, turmeric, madras curry, Sichuan pepper, sesame, almond, coriander, cumin, citrus, kaffir lime, lemongrass. Also good with soft cheeses, Moroccan flavours and chilli.