{"id":22630,"date":"2019-01-21T19:45:16","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T19:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=22630"},"modified":"2019-01-21T19:45:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T19:45:16","slug":"central-otago-2-interview-with-christopher-keys-gibbston-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/new-zealand\/central-otago-2-interview-with-christopher-keys-gibbston-valley","title":{"rendered":"Central Otago (2) interview with Christopher Keys, Gibbston Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22634\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212957-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212957-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212957-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212957-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212957.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I caught up with Christopher Keys at Gibbston Valley. He&#8217;s one of the more thoughtful winegrowers in the region, and I asked him how his approach to winemaking had changed over the years &#8211; he&#8217;s been making the wines here since 2006.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MTkghkXyj6A\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>Before, he says, he was trying to impress people with his wines. He&#8217;s changed, and so have they. They now have greater transparency, and show the place better. He extracts less, and he&#8217;s moved away from holding ripeness as an ideal, and he&#8217;s no longer trying to make impressive wines. &#8216;It&#8217;s a high-risk game if you take away artifice,&#8217; he says, &#8216;but it&#8217;s a better result in the long term.&#8217; And the changes he&#8217;s made are seen throughout the region &#8211; not everyone is aiming for this structural delicacy and finesse, but many are. Christopher is articulate, and well worth listening to.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22631\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212951-500x326.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212951-500x326.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212951-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212951-400x261.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212951.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also tasted extensively through library wines and current releases. It was a really interesting visit, and I&#8217;ll publish my full notes very soon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22632\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212952-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212952-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212952-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212952-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212952.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22633\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212954-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212954-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212954-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212954-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/P1212954.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I caught up with Christopher Keys at Gibbston Valley. 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