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Everything is on the mark with our 2006 White Riesling, from the substantial number of cases the vines produced to its perfect balance of fruit and acid. Mike Chelini describes it as very European, more Alsatian or Austrian than the typical American Riesling, meaning it is low in residual sugar (.85%, same as last year) so there is no cloying effect, and it has an underlying flinty, mineral quality distinct from but complementary to its lovely fruit component. We generally serve this wine as an aperitif and suggest you try it with the Quick Fried Shrimp with Sweet Garlic hors d’oeuvre recipe enclosed.
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Farming: |
dry-farmed |
Age of Vines: |
22 - 58 years |
Appellation: |
Napa Valley |
Varietal: |
White Riesling |
Grapes: |
100% White Riesling - Grown, produced and bottled at Stony Hill |
Harvest Date: |
10/3 - 10/9/06 |
Fermentation Time: |
Typically, sixty percent of the wine is fermented down to 1 to 1-1/2 percent residual sugar in stainless steel in 10 to 30 days. The other forty percent of the wine is fermented dry in aged, 172 gallon puncheons from Stuttgart, Germany, at which time the two lots are blended. |
Fermentation Temperature: |
50 degrees |
Aging Time: |
6 months in stainless steel |
Filtering: |
Sterile filtered to remove yeast |
Bottling Date: |
3/21/07 |
Total Acidity: |
.65% |
Residual Sugar: |
.85% |
Alcohol: |
12% |
pH: |
3.35 |
Aging Potential: |
5 years + |
Cases Produced: |
540 cases |
Release Date: |
September 2007 |
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