2016 La Chenaie Riesling
Sweet Riesling
Classic Riesling aromas, in the mouth, the wine is rich and ripe offering velvety and mouth coating roundness. Beautiful and complex, with lively acidity that balances the rich fruit and wonderfully long finish.
Comprised of riesling grapes from La Chenaie vineyard located in the Eola-Amity Hills. The vines were planted in 2006 in volcanic basalt-jory, ritner, and gelderman soil.
Only 125 cases produced!
Flavor Notes
2016 La Chenaie Riesling is a Sweet wine.
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Brooks has it all — Great story, great people, great wines.
Notes of petrol and citrus play with notes of tropical fruits in this beautifully balanced Riesling.
Sommelier
Chicken kabobs with mushrooms, bell pepper, onion and pineapple would make a wonderful accompaniment to this wine.
Chef
Notes of fresh ginger, lemongrass, and new pool toys
Assistant Winemaker
Winemaking Notes
Similar to the previous two vintages, the 2016 growing season continued to push the envelope for defining the new normal in Oregon as one of the earliest on record. An unusually warm spring brought bud break between 2-4 weeks early, and a short heat spell at bloom condensed the flowering period, resulting in a smaller fruit set. Summer provided average conditions with fewer heat spikes than the 2014 or 2015 vintages, which led to smaller berry size and a high concentration of flavors. A warm August shepherded along the early vintage at Brooks, running from September 2-October 12th. Though it was an intense growing season due to the early start, the harvested grapes showed wonderful concentration and complexity with high natural acidity.
- Type
- White
- Varietal
- Riesling
- Region
- Oregon
- Appellation
- Eola -Amity Hills
- Vintage
- 2016
- Vineyards
- La Chenaie Vineyard
- Filtration
- Cross-Flow
- Case production
- 125
- Crush format
- Straight to Press
- Fermentation
- 50-70 degrees fahrenheit
- Bottling date
- 2017-02-01
- Harvest date
- 2016-09-27
- Vessel
- Stainless
- Alcohol percentage
- 11.2
- Residual sugar
- 36.4 g/L
- Ph
- 3.08
- Acid
- 6.3 g/L
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