2017 Hope Well Riesling
Old world interplay of spring florals and minerality, supported by abundant fruit, prickly acidity and expansive textural finish.
With only 75 cases produced, this wine will move quickly. It’s organically farmed by one of the valley’s visionaries, Mimi Casteel. A second generation wine grower, her commitment to the environment and restoring native habitat is unequaled.
We love this wine, not only because it’s a truly stunning Riesling, but because it embodies everything that is good about the land that is being healed and the people whose lives are dedicated to crafting exceptional expressions of time and place.
What our team says
This medium-dry Riesling reveals layers of minerality, tropical fruit and flowers.
I would pair my favorite dessert with this wine, vanilla bean creme brulee with a nice crisp sugar coating.
Crushed Sweet Tarts, white grapefruit, and golden pear.
"Dry, tart and tasty, this fruit is from a Casteel family vineyard. The dense, detailed palate mixes citrus flesh and rind, grapefruit and stone, and trailing suggestions of tangerine and even pineapple. It's a lovely bottle, delicious now but certainly ageworthy, as are almost all of Brooks' acid-driven Rieslings."
Vintage Notes
A wet, cool spring delayed flowering until late June, which set the stage for a later harvest than the previous three vintages. Hot, dry conditions prevailed through the summer, yielding heat spikes in August. With a larger than normal fruit set, the grapes enjoyed long hang time leading up to harvest. Conditions cooled and brought in scattered rains with the harvest, which began at Brooks on the 28th of September and ran through November 1st, almost returning to normal average harvest dates in the Willamette Valley. The wines from the vintage show fresh fruit flavors and lively acidity. In all, it will be remembered as a classic vintage in Oregon!
Varietals
Riesling: Geisenheim 110, Neustadt 90
AVA
- Type
- White
- Varietal
- Riesling
- Region
- Oregon
- Appellation
- Eola -Amity Hills
- Vintage
- 2017
- Vineyards
- Hope Well Vineyard
Vinification
- Filtration
- Cross-Flow
- Case production
- 75
- Crush format
- Straight to Press
- Fermentation
- 50-70 degrees fahrenheit
- Bottling date
- 2018-04-28
- Harvest date
- 2017-10-11
- Vessel
- Stainless
By the numbers
- Alcohol percentage
- 12
- Residual sugar
- 11.0 g/L
- Ph
- 3.06
- Acid
- 8.5 g/L