The 5th release from Whitlands, and undoubtedly the best to date. Whitlands is a regional departure for Rory however unfortunately the Henty vineyard source (Barratt’s vineyard) was pulled out so that Rod and his wife could sell up and retire.

Rory was told about an old Brown Brothers contract site next door to their Whitlands vineyard that had some pretty smart Riesling. The Croucher Vineyard is set at close spacing on red volcanic soils, up at around 800m above sea level, and was planted in the mid-1980s.