2018 Hyland Riesling
This wine is no longer available, but the 2019 Hyland Riesling is!
Medium Sweet, this Riesling has elegant notes of honeysuckle, lemon and chamomile with a sweetness that would go perfectly with a spicy Asian dish.
Only 100 cases produced!
Flavor Notes
2018 Hyland Riesling is a Medium Sweet wine.
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This medium sweet Riesling is decadent and luscious with sweet notes of pineapple, key lime curd and meringue.
Sommelier
Spicy Pho with bean sprouts, basil, chili & thin slices of fresh jalapeno would make for a perfect pairing.
Chef
The Hyland Vineyard is a unique site containing some of the oldest Riesling vines in the northern Willamette Valley. The 2018 vintage provided spectacular weather for multiple fruit picking passes. In the second pass, we were able to produce this wine, in the vein of a traditional German Spatlese. Jasmine, honeysuckle, and lemon zest dominate the nose followed by a lovely richness and beautiful balance on the palate.
Enologist
Winemaking Notes
A wet and cool April delayed bud break, but by bloom, we were quickly caught up to average tracking for the season. Summer was steadily warm but without heat spikes or temperature extremes experienced in 2016 and 2017.
By mid-September, the vines became weary from much sun and not much water and began to shut down causing ripening to stall. A brief rain event and cool down gave the vines the respite and harvest the jumpstart it needed.
We picked Pinot in a concentrated two-week window running until October 10. The Riesling, however, enjoyed an extended spell of sunny but cool autumnal weather that was perfectly ideal for beautiful ripening lasting through October 22.
The resulting wines from the season are vibrant, fresh, and full of concentrated flavor.
A hallmark vintage!
- Type
- White
- Varietal
- Riesling
- Region
- Oregon
- Vintage
- 2018
- Vineyards
- Hyland
- Filtration
- Cross-Flow
- Case production
- 100
- Crush format
- Straight to press
- Bottling date
- 2019-04-29
- Harvest date
- 2018-10-08
- Vessel
- Stainless
- Alcohol percentage
- 11.5
- Residual sugar
- 14.6 g/L
- Ph
- 2.85
- Acid
- 9.9 g/L
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