Block White Wine

The Estate designation is from Elk Cove's oldest block of Riesling planted on the gentle slopes of the winery property. This wine highlights the quality that old vine material can show from this noble grape in the Northern Willamette Valley. It shows a traditional bouquet of pear and apple overtones, with lean, mineral notes on the palate. A pretty wine ...

Great balance with bright acidity are the trademark of this wine. It is barrel fermented in 25% new Franois Frres Burgundy barrels which frame the crisp apple and Asian pear flavors with a lovely savory, buttered toast finish.

Brilliant in clarity, pale straw in color with youthful green tints. Lemons and citrus flavors predominate the signature nose, superbly enhanced by floral notes and perfumes. Generously flavored - the flavors of limes, lemons and citrus carry over seamlessly from the nose. A wine made to either drink now or to put down for many years to enjoy with careful ...

This year's bottling comes entirely from B-block, planted in 2001 to a Wente selection from the Hyde Vineyard, so the vines were ten years old this vintage and further developing their maturity. Hudson Vineyard wines tend to a more muscular, masculine characterbroad-shouldered, if you will.

The 2012 vintage was a great year for working with the optimal ripeness of Pinot Gris fruit. This is a blend from seven different vineyard blocks from the property, each block giving something special to the final blend. There is no skin contact before the wine is placed in ferments. Each block fermented separately all done 100% in stainless steel ...

Situated directly in the center of the Russian River appellation, our block of Kent Ritchie's vineyard was planted in 1972 to the old Wente selection. Widely spacedthe fashion at the timethese old vines with their gnarly trunks produce tiny quantities of grapes per vine. The benchland soil is pure Goldridge Loam, common to great vineyards in this part of the ...