Rockburn "Tigermoth" Riesling 2024 750ml (6 Bottle Pack)

Brand: Rockburn

Release Name: Tigermoth Riesling (Final Vintage)

Wine Style / Type: Medium-Sweet, Spätlese-Style White Wine

Varietal: 100% Riesling

Age: 2024 Vintage (Final Release — Source Vines Have Since Been Removed)

Volume: 6 X 750ml Bottle

Alc / Vol (%): 8.0–9.5% (Sources Vary Slightly) with 59g/L Residual Sugar — Please Confirm Against the Bottle Label

Country: New Zealand

Region: Central Otago (Parkburn Vineyard)

Cask Type: Not Applicable — Made in Tank to Preserve Purity and Freshness

Limited Edition: Yes (Final and Last-Ever Vintage of This Wine — Source Vines Removed After 2024)

Award Winner: Yes — 95 Points and 5 Stars, Stephen Wong MW, The Real Review

Rockburn Wines, beautifully situated nestled underneath the dramatic Pisa Range in Central Otago, stands as one of New Zealand's premier boutique institutions of Pinot Noir mastery. Established under a vision of translating spectacular southern wilderness terroir directly into world-class wine assets, the house distinguishes itself through its absolute focus on site-specific viticulture and low-yielding parcel selection. By combining meticulous, low-intervention processing with advanced gravity-fed cellaring methods, the winemaking team handles the island's slow-ripening environment to build wines marked by immense purity and structural finesse. Universally celebrated by leading international wine show judges and sommelier circles alike, the estate remains a dominant benchmark for authentic New World innovation.

This is a genuinely bittersweet bottle to sell: winemaker Malcolm Rees-Francis has confirmed the 2024 vintage is the last Tigermoth Riesling that will ever be made, as the vines behind it have since been removed — once current stock is gone, that's it. Grown on Rockburn's Parkburn Vineyard and made in a deliberately low-alcohol, Spätlese-inspired style (around 8-9.5% ABV, sources vary slightly), it pairs 59 grams per litre of residual sugar against Central Otago's characteristically searing natural acidity, creating a wine critic Stephen Wong MW called "a bit of a sleeper" with "impeccable balance," awarding it 95 points and 5 stars. It's a wine of genuine contrasts — a lifted herbal edge against very ripe dried apricot and ginger spice, delicate yet linear and concentrated on the palate. Best paired with blue cheese, spicy Thai curry or Christmas pudding, it's an excellent choice for dessert wine skeptics, and given its status as the final release, a strong pick for collectors who want to own the last word on this particular wine before it disappears from the range entirely.