2022 Willamette Valley Riesling
91 Points | James Suckling – An extraordinary example of Willamette Valley Riesling with racy acidity and layers of mixed citrus, stone fruit, and tropical notes and a saline oyster shell finish.
1,000 cases produced.
Flavor Notes
2022 Willamette Valley Riesling is a Dry wine.
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91 Points | James Suckling - Vibrant nose of lemon blossoms, crisp apples and jasmine with an underlying leesy character (think bread dough). Excellent interplay of racy acidity with restrained creaminess on the sleek and focused, medium-bodied palate. Very bright and clean finish with wet stone character. Drink or hold.
A gorgeous and approachable Riesling with well-integrated acidity and notes of lemon, pear, and nectarine with a mineral oyster shell finish.
Sommelier
This vintage will pair beautifully with fresh seared scallops topped with diced pears and preserved lemon.
Culinary Director
Winemaking Notes
Heavy frost in April delayed flowering and pushed back the season. Cool temperatures in May and June further delayed the vintage. The fear was that the grapes wouldn't ripen in time for harvest if the rain and cold weather came in early October as usual.
Luckily July and August saw hot temperatures that helped accelerate ripening, and temperatures remained warm, and the rains held off until mid-October, allowing for an extended ripening period.
We let our grapes hang out until the last possible minute, just before the rain and cold weather hit. The 2022 harvest was fast and furious, to say the least! The resultant wines are stunningly balanced and expressive. A truly classic Oregon vintage!
- Type
- White
- Varietal
- Riesling
- Region
- Oregon
- Appellation
- Willamette Valley
- Vintage
- 2022
- Vineyards
- 26% Meyer, 16% Orchard Fold, 14% Hyland, 10% Sunset View, 9% Vitae Springs, 9% Miranda, 8% Royer, 8% Lone Star
- Filtration
- Cross-Flow
- Case production
- 1000
- Crush format
- Straight to Press
- Fermentation
- 50-70 degrees fahrenheit
- Bottling date
- 2023-04-20
- Vessel
- Stainless
- Alcohol percentage
- 12.5
- Residual sugar
- 3.29 g/L
- Ph
- 3.01
- Acid
- 8.2 g/L
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