Tasting Notes for Pacific Rim Wallula Vineyard Biodynamic Riesling 2007

White Wines	Riesling	Columbia Valley	Washington

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Date Printed: 5/22/2013

Pacific Rim Wallula Vineyard Biodynamic Riesling 2007

(search item no. 99554)

green wine

boutique wine

Wine Enthusiast rating: 93 points
Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
PRICE ON 5/22/2013: $19.79

ratings pedigree (past vintages):
2010 Wine Spectator rating: 92 points
2008 Wine Spectator rating: 91 points
2008 Wine Enthusiast rating: 91 points

Winemaker's Notes:

Wallula is farmed according to the Biodynamic principles and is certified Biodynamic by Demeter USA. From its beginnings, Wallula vineyard was planted as a Biodynamic vineyard on virgin land without disturbing the native vegetation. Dan Nickolaus, the vineyard manager at Wallula, uses no pesticides and no herbicides and he is working to make this vineyard self sustainable. Dan uses all the Biodynamic preparations with an emphasis on horn manure, silica, stinging nettle and horsetail teas. Dan also makes his own compost and has a herd of sheep to control the weeds in the vineyard.

2007 was well suited for Biodynamic wines because the acidity in the grapes was high. The wine aromas are fairly ripe with some guava and grapefruit notes. The wine was aged on lees for a few months and displays wonderful yeastiness, jasmine on the palate and great minerality with a dry, bright finish.

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Additional wines from Pacific Rim:

2011 Dry Riesling (search item no. 118632)
2011 Gewurztraminer (search item no. 122848)
2011 Organic Riesling (search item no. 117818)
2011 Riesling (search item no. 119629)
2011 Sweet Riesling (search item no. 118703)
2011 Vin de Glaciere Riesling (375ML half-bottle) (search item no. 117884)
2011 Wallula Vineyard Biodynamic Riesling (search item no. 119516)

About Pacific Rim:

Riesling, simply, is the most versatile, complex and food-friendly of all the noble grapes. if you enjoy inspiring your palate, then Riesling is your ideal wine. No other varietal so purely expresses terroir. Washington's Columbia Valley - home of Pacific Rim - provies the ideal soils and climate for growing Riesling. Purity is at the core of Pacific Rim's winemaking philosophy. They exclusively use stainless steel tanks, allowing the true character of Riesling to speak for itself, they do not use malolactic fermentation and their wines are fermented only with native yeasts. Pacific Rim produces 10 different Rieslings from bone dry to sticky sweet, and Riesling represents 95% of all the wines they produce. Pacific Rim is an Organic and Biodynamic certified winery.