Kanaan Winery Ningxia Riesling 2022

Kanaan Winery Ningxia Riesling

Region: Ningxia, China

Vintage: 2022

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Riesling

ABV: 13.5%

This crisp, clean, dry Riesling has delightful notes of lime, green apple, nectarine, and white flowers. On the palate the wine has a lively acidity and a soft, moderate finish.

Located in the picturesque eastern foothills of Helan Mountain in Ningxia, this vineyard has an arid climate, seeing very little rain throughout the growing season, with an average rainfall of 150mm to 240mm annually. This location receives adequate sunlight, and features large shifts in temperature between day and night which aids in developing a desirable level of acidity in the grapes. These climate conditions have the capacity to produce very high-quality wine grapes in fact, this vineyard sits in what is referred to as the 'golden zone' for grape cultivation. The altitude of the vineyard is over 1000 meters above sea level.

Considered to be one of China’s top wineries, Kanaan is located at the foothills of the Helan Mountains in Ningxia, about 1,000 kilometres west of Beijing. Kanaan means ‘the land of milk and honey’, signifying the hope for Ningxia to be one of China’s leading fine wine regions. The horses on the label reference the Helan Mountains, as ‘helan’ translates to horses in ancient Chinese. The winery was founded in 2011 by Fang Wang, whose father Wang Feng Yu was a pioneering viticulturist in Ningxia. Fang is nicknamed ‘Crazy Fang’ due to her ‘crazy’ idea of establishing a winery with no prior experience and embarking on the near-impossible mission of growing Riesling in Ningxia. Fang spent 12 years abroad, including a significant period in Germany where she acquired her love of Riesling.

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