Winemaker Notes
Fresh and bright aromas of jasmine, apricot, white peach and honeysuckle jump out of the glass. Incredible focus on the palate, with beautifully balanced acidity
and sweetness. Minerality, citrus and honey round out flavors.
Blend: 93% Riesling, 4% Pinot Gris, 2% Sauvignon Blanc, 1% Muscat
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Lemonade and lilacs should be a album title—instead it’s Kung Fu Girl’s perfume, along with a touch of spearmint. Lemondrop hard-candy and ripe apricot flavors Shaolin kick their way through a wall of electric acidity. Dry and crisp, grasshopper
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Wine & Spirits
This is how Washington does riesling, with sunny simplicity, forward in its intention and fruit. There's a lemon-apple scent and citrusy acids, bright, zesty flavors?not complex, just delicious.
Riesling possesses a remarkable ability to reflect the character of wherever it is grown while still maintaining its identity. A regal variety of incredible purity and precision, this versatile grape can be just as enjoyable dry or sweet, young or old, still or sparkling and can age longer than nearly any other white variety. Somm Secret—Given how difficult it is to discern the level of sweetness in a Riesling from the label, here are some clues to find the dry ones. First, look for the world “trocken.” (“Halbtrocken” or “feinherb” mean off-dry.) Also a higher abv usually indicates a drier Riesling.
