Kanaan Ningxia Riesling, China (2017)

Kanaan has 16.8 hectares of vineyard, of which 1.3 hecatres are planted with Riesling. Fang was the first person in China to plant Riesling. Due to the sandy soils, vines are planted on their own roots as there is no need for protection against phylloxera. The vines are trained in the upturned ‘L’ training system, where the cordon is kept close to the ground to facilitate vine burial. All vineyard work is done by hand.

All of the grapes were hand picked. Fermentation took place in temperature controlled, stainless steel tanks. To ensure maximum freshness, the wine was bottled approximately three months following fermentation.

This is a refreshing dry style Riesling not sweet! Full of beautiful flavours of grapefruit, green apple and lime blossom with zesty acidity. 

This would work well with sushi, sashimi, ceviche as with pickled vegetables and aged goats cheese. 

We've paired this wine with the dreamy innovative sounds of Sao Xing by Faye Wong one of the queens of Canto Pop, produced by Coctaeu Twins, the Scotish Dream pop legends.