2019 Ridgecrest Riesling
A dazzling, dry Riesling with racy acidity and notes of jasmine, white grapefruit, baked apple and a salty, sand dollar finish.
Only 100 cases produced!
Flavor Notes
2019 Ridgecrest Riesling is a Dry wine.
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91 Points | Wine Enthusiast - This venerated Riesling producer takes a rare trip outside of its Eola-Amity Hills AVA home to craft this bone-dry, 100% stainless-steel-fermented gem. This wine is made with the Alsatian Clone 49 grown on Ridgecrest Vineyard's marine sedimentary soils in the Ribbon Ridge AVA. Aromatics of apricots, spicy mango chutney and a trace of petrol start the party. Honeycomb, saline and lemon-curd flavors are joined by enough acidity to wake a bear in mid-hibernation.
A bright and delicious Riesling with thirst-quneching notes of citrus, white flowers, golden apples, and a long, salty finish.
Sommelier
Enjoy with vanilla bean pound cake with a lemon buttercream frosting, candied lemon peel and topped with a dash of powdered sugar.
Culinary Director
A stunning riesling from marine sedimentary soils, the 2019 Ridgecrest displays notes of jasmine, tangerine, baked apple and honeysuckle. On the palate, this wine shows great drive and thrust, bursting with meyer lemon and white grapefruit, laser acidity and a satiating saline finish.
Enologist
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
- Region
- Oregon
- Vintage
- 2019
- Vineyards
- Ridgecrest
- Filtration
- Cross-Flow
- Case production
- 100
- Crush format
- Straight to press
- Bottling date
- 2020-06-16
- Harvest date
- 2019-10-10
- Vessel
- Stainless
- Alcohol percentage
- 12.5
- Residual sugar
- 4.93
- Ph
- 2.92
- Acid
- 9.1 g/L
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