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Riesling Île du Sud Central Otago vin blanc tranquille

Origin

Banks of the Rhine

Growing regions

France, Germany, Australia, Austria, New Zealand

Riesling from Central Otago — New Zealand’s most continental and coolest region, on schist and loess soils with a very marked dry continental climate — produces Rieslings of great mineral tension, less cultivated than Pinot Noir but of great interest. Felton Road and Rippon make fine versions.