2018 Ridgecrest Riesling
This dry Riesling has just enough residual sugar to balance the bright acidity with deliciously dusty graham cracker and macadamia notes.
Only 100 cases produced!
Flavor Notes
2018 Ridgecrest Riesling is a Dry wine.
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This almost medium dry Riesling is perfectly balanced with youthfully green notes of gooseberry, kiwi skins and green papaya.
Sommelier
An orange creamsicle ice cream bar would pair nicely with this wine.
Chef
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
- Appellation
- Chehalem Mountains
- Vintage
- 2018
- Vineyards
- Ridgecrest
- Filtration
- Cross-Flow
- Case production
- 100
- Crush format
- Straight to press
- Fermentation
- 50-70 degrees fahrenheit
- Bottling date
- 2019-03-27
- Harvest date
- 2018-10-10
- Vessel
- Stainless
- Alcohol percentage
- 12.5
- Residual sugar
- 9.1
- Ph
- 3.05
- Acid
- 8.4 g/L
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