2019 Ridgecrest Clone 21B Riesling

A dry and expressive single-clone Riesling with racy acidity and notes of ripe star fruit, pear, Meyer lemon, and a pleasant baking-spice, baked apple finish.

This single vineyard Riesling showcases clone 49 grown on marine sedimentary soils of the Ridgecrest vineyard in the Ribbon Ridge AVA.

Only 50 cases produced!

Flavor Notes

Apple
Honeysuckle
Starfruit
Sea Salt

2019 Ridgecrest Clone 21B Riesling is a Dry wine.

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Dave McIntyre, Washington Post
This dry, single-clone Riesling has mouth-quenching and developed notes of Meyer lemon, Cara Cara rind, and golden apple with crisp acidity and weighty minerality.
Jillian Barnhart
Sommelier
Floral and citrus notes with a subtle tropical finish, this would pair beautifully with preserved lemon cheesecake with pineapple relish.
Josh Forkner
Culinary Director

Winemaking Notes

A wet, but warm spring with a few mild frosts during late April and fewer than average heat spikes.
Near-record precipitation amounts during late June and early July brought increased disease pressure to the region.
The vintage will be remembered for the early rains in September and rapid cool down into October which challenged harvesting decisions.
The cool vintage came largely from substantially lower maximum temperatures while minimum temperatures were near average to slightly above average.
A classic Oregon vintage!

Type
White
Varietal
Riesling
Vintage
2019
Vineyards
Ridgecrest
Filtration
Cross-Flow
Case production
50
Crush format
Straight to press
Bottling date
2020-06-16
Harvest date
2019-10-11
Vessel
Stainless
Alcohol percentage
12.5
Residual sugar
5
Ph
2.92
Acid
9.5 g/L

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