Ridgecrest Estate Dry Riesling 2019 ( 750ml)

100% Riesling
ABV - 12.1%
TA - 7.9 g/L
pH - 3.04
RS - 13.5 g/L
Production - 192 Cases
Release - April 2020
Enjoy - now - 2028

Vintage Notes
2019 was an old school Willamette Valley Harvest: watching weather reports, valuing coffee over beer, charging bird cannon batteries, and consoling old friends newly moved to Oregon from California. Chats, waiting to offload an ancient truck’s fruit, were punctuated by “cool growing season, early rains, hang time, sugar, birds, electric sunset, botrytis, more birds, sunny days are overrated anyway...” Despite an old-school vintage, the concentration, depth of flavor, color and structure of recent years all seem to be there. And the old is new again!

About the Vineyards
The ocean sedimentary soils found here are noticeably different from those of the neighboring Yamhill-Carlton, Chehalem Mountains or Dundee Hills AVAs. They have a geographic time line and chemistry all their own. We dry farm here – a marked choice we made to encourage robust vines and deep root systems. Dry farming allows fruit to develop a complexity akin to that found in music – with volume being determined by vintage, an artful mix of bass and treble added on the cellar track, and the deep- down embrace of rock foundations. Of the 40 planted acres that constitute Ridgecrest Vineyards, less than 4 acres are Riesling. Great things come in small packages!

Winemaker’s Notes
We are suckers for Riesling. There, I said it. And this is our first version under the Ridgecrest label. Upon first impression this wine is youthful and will continue to evolve and open-up with time. But what we already see is classic Ribbon Ridge stone-fruit, juicy aromas of yellow plum or ripe apricot, and fresh air-hung laundry. A bit of residual sugar on the palate gives this wine a lushness and rich viscosity that classic aged Rieslings benefit from, but a bright refreshing razor-sharp acid that helps prove why Riesling is the most food-friendly wine on the block. Ripe pears, white flower and spicy ginger finish strong and hold onto your tastebuds. Super duper age-worthy.

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