2019 La Chenaie Riesling
This medium dry Riesling is ripe and inviting on the nose with perfectly balanced acidity and soft notes of spring rain and ocean water.
Comprised of Riesling grapes from La Chenaie vineyard located in the Eola-Amity Hills. The vines were planted in 2006 in volcanic basalt-jory, ritner, and gelderman soil.
Only 150 cases produced!
Flavor Notes
2019 La Chenaie Riesling is a Medium Dry wine.
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Despite the low alcohol, this is not overly sweet, but the searing tartness of past vintages has been moderated here. Lemon, vanilla, sweet pineapple and green apple are all in play, with ample acidity to cut through.”
Notes of orange blossom, peach, nougat, quince, kumquat, nectarine, springtime florals, mint, sea spray, and a lot of salinity with excellent depth and crisp acidity.
Sommelier
Pair with pan seared halibut with a miso carrot puree and garlic grilled shiitake mushrooms. Serve with a little lemon olive oil micro green salad on top.
Chef
A rich and heady riesling. Orange marmalade, wax, brioche seed way to zesty orange peel, citrus and voluminous body.
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
- Appellation
- Eola -Amity Hills
- Vintage
- 2019
- Vineyards
- La Chenaie Vineyard
- Filtration
- Cross-Flow
- Case production
- 150
- Crush format
- Straight to Press
- Fermentation
- 50-70 degrees fahrenheit
- Bottling date
- 2020-06-16
- Harvest date
- 2019-10-11
- Vessel
- Stainless
- Alcohol percentage
- 12.5
- Residual sugar
- 14.2 g/L
- Ph
- 2.95
- Acid
- 8.4 g/L
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