2017 Monks Gate Riesling
This medium dry Riesling is so much fun to drink, with lush tropical and herbal notes and a juicy, thirst-quenching acidity.
Comprised of riesling grapes from Monks Gate vineyard located in Yamhill-Carlton. The vines were planted in 2007 in marine sedimentary-willakenzie soil.
Only 75 cases produced!
Flavor Notes
2017 Monks Gate Riesling is a Medium Dry wine.
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Brooks has it all — Great story, great people, great wines.
This medium-dry Riesling is perfectly balanced acidity and slight sweetness with round and lush notes of mango and lemongrass.
Sommelier
Tom Kha soup with coconut, jalapeno, ginger, lemongrass and fresh lime juice is what I would pair with this wine.
Chef
Lemongrass, golden pear, and fresh herbs followed by a sweet tart balance on the palate. Crushable.
Assistant Winemaker
Winemaking 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.
Comprised of 50% riesling grapes from our very own Brooks Estate vineyard located in the Eola-Amity Hills and 50% riesling grapes from Yamhill vineyard located in Yamhill-Carlton.
In all, it will be remembered as a classic vintage in Oregon!
- Type
- White
- Varietal
- Riesling
- Region
- Oregon
- Appellation
- Yamhill-Carlton
- Vintage
- 2017
- Vineyards
- Monks Gate Vineyard
- Filtration
- Cross-Flow
- Case production
- 75
- Crush format
- Straight to Press
- Fermentation
- 50-70 degrees fahrenheit
- Bottling date
- 2018-04-30
- Harvest date
- 2017-10-17
- Vessel
- Stainless
- Alcohol percentage
- 12.5
- Residual sugar
- 24.4 g/L
- Ph
- 3.1
- Acid
- 6.5 g/L
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