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| Drinking window: Drink between 2023 and 2027 (based on 5 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 2 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by ktholland on 5/5/2024 & rated 90 points: Opened on a warm day by the pool. Quite austere on the nose. Linear on the palate with electric acidity, lemon, lime, green/yellow apply, citrus peel, citrus pith, light florals. (500 views) | | | Tasted by James Kim on 4/26/2024 & rated 88 points: Decanted. Now 30 min after decant. Somewhat shy but nice, elegant aromas of just ripe gala and tart apples, hints of flowers, some spices and hints of minerals. Palate with some minerals, herbs, and a hint of fruit. Medium body with excellent acids. Nice minerals on the mid palate. Moderately long finish of tart apples , minerals and a hint of herbs. I can't quite get a read on this wine. I think this is young, but I also think that a little bit of residual sugar would really lift and add balance to the wine. There's not that much complexity. I'm not sure if that's because this wine is young or if the material is just not quite there. I wish I had another bottle to see where this would be in about 5 years. For now, this is a fairly straightforward, somewhat simple riesling that definitely leans on the austere side. (647 views) |
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About:
Growing up in the 70’s meant having a hippie mum that constantly dragged me around the world on travels from the age of five, which probably prepared me for life's windings and twists.
The travels continued in my longtime parallel career as a cinematographer, where I’ve been lucky enough to be able to both live and work in many places in this world. With that came an almost inevitable food and wine interest. After settling down in California in my late 30’s, that eventually led me to home winemaking. Pretty bad at first, but I got better at it as the years passed. And like so many others, I started to dream of making wine professionally. I admit, it’s not an original thought by any means. But the day came when I had to ask myself that question that everyone has to ask themselves at some point: What could I see myself doing for the rest of my life? I could think of only one thing besides taking pictures that I’d like to do, and that was to make wine. After all, California is perfect for it, and I was already here.
I make wine from low-impact vineyards, focus on rare, forgotten, under-appreciated or historic grape varieties, because that’s what gets me excited personally. I try to make them in an elegant Old World way here in the New World. I tend to go for more restrained oak usage for best expression, but not at all opposed to oak if the wine demands it (and some do). My wines are normally bone dry, fermented naturally, contain no added chemicals, low in sulfites, unfiltered and unfined. I also don’t rush them to market, I prefer to let them age in the winery for at least a year and half or more. I find it really helps them develop and refine, as well as prepare them for further aging. The unfined, dry part also makes them suitable for vegans and those who prefer low to no residual sugar in their wines.Riesling Varietal character (Appellation America) | A short history of Riesling (Uncork) | Riesling (wikipedia)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 Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
http://www.discovercaliforniawines.com/regional-wine-organizations/
http://beveragetradenetwork.com/en/btn-academy/list-of-winegrowers-association-in-central-coast-california-274.htm
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