2021 Riesling

Grapes were harvested early in the morning and underwent a long and gentle press cycle. The juice was cold-settled overnight and racked to clean stainless steel drums for fermentation. Fermentation was cool and slow, taking about 18 days. The wine was then aged on lees for 6 months. Just before bottling, the wine was gravity racked off of lees. The wine was bottled unfiltered and without the addition of any fining or stabilizing additives.

Located on the southern border of the Petaluma Gap American Viticultural Area, Chileno Valley Vineyard is an extremely cool and windy site. With naturally low yields, the fruit from this vineyard comes with great concentration of aroma and flavor. The lower temperatures and windy days keep acid high and sugar low as the grapes reach their prefect ripeness of flavor. The naturally high acid helps inhibit the growth of any malolactic bacteria, which is why we could bottle with minimal sulfur and no filtration.

Vineyard: Chileno Valley Vineyard
AVA: Petaluma Gap
Soil: Sandy Loam/Gravelly Loam
Fermentation/Aging Vessel: Stainless Steel Drums
Residual Sugar: 0.2g/L
pH: 3.12
Titratable Acidity: 8.4g/L
Alcohol by Volume: 12.6%
Total Sulfur: 36mg/L
Harvest Date: September 17th, 2021
Bottling Date: April 1st, 2022
Drinking Window: 2022-TBD