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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.3 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by deadlyapp on 4/27/2019 & rated 87 points: A nice SB variety. A hint of stonefruit, honeydew on the nose at cellar temp. Great minerality, medium to low acidity, a quick front of grapefruit, fading into minerals and a perceptive fruit that comes off as sweetness but is just a mix of restrained fruit. Great SB. (2812 views) | | | Tasted by Cabfrancophile on 2/3/2019 & rated 87 points: Minerally flavors, with a slightly honeyed quality, though certainly fully dry. A bit shy on the nose, which is surprising for Musque clone SB. Still, varietally on-point with gooseberry aromas. Nice weight on the middle. Good, fairly interesting, though didn't quite 'pop'. (981 views) |
| Alysian Wines Producer website2017 Alysian Wines Sauvignon Blanc Grist VineyardVarietal: 100% Sauvignon Blanc, Musque clone
Altitude: 1,200 ft elevation
Soil: Volcanic, iron-rich
Vine age: 5 years old
Yield: 3.5 tons/acre
Harvest: Timing determined by taste
Vinification: Hand harvested, then direct pressed and cold fermented in stainless steel and neutral oak; 5-6 week natural fermentation with native yeasts and negligible addition of sulfites.
Aging: 6 months in 60% stainless steel and 40% neutral oak barrel
Alcohol: 13.7%
Production: 480 casesSauvignon Blanc Varietal CharacterGrist VineyardOriginally settled by an Italian family in the late 1800s, Grist Vineyard is now owned by Sonoma County’s Hambrecht family. This Dry Creek Valley property is on the northwestern slope of Bradford Mountain at an elevation of 1,000 feet. The volcanic, red soils — Boomer loam and Stonyford loam — are reminiscent of Tuscany’s terra rosa. We source Zinfandel fruit from 30 of the 51 total acres, which were planted in 1974. Though there is some debate, the Zinfandel vines are thought to be from the “mother” blocks planted in 1900, the Hambrecht/Mead Atlas Peak clones.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyDry Creek Valley Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley | Dry Creek Valley Association | Appellation America | San Francisco Chronicle Article |
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