Winemaker Notes
Côte Bonneville crafts this Riesling in a German Spätlese style for the amazing range of flavors including Red Bartlett pears, ripe peach, Meyer lemon, orange zest, honeysuckle, and jasmine. A balanced touch of sweetness finishes with zingy acidity and brightness.
Low alcohol and incredibly versatile, you can pair this with so many things. Try peach pancakes for brunch, Japanese curry for lunch, or pork chop for dinner.
Professional Ratings
-
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2022 Riesling DuBrul Vineyard offers classic notes of candied lime with succulent white flowers, green apple skin and honeysuckle with a fresh frame of fruit and florals that lift the nose. Light to medium-bodied, the palate shows purity and freshness while offering layers of apple, lime and peach tones with a slight kiss of residual sugar before beaming with a bright, succulent, acid-driven finish. It’s delightful and food-friendly.
Rating: 92+
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.
As the first recognized wine-growing region in the Pacific Northwest, Yakima Valley is centrally located within Washington’s vast Columbia Valley. The region also includes Washington’s oldest Cabernet Sauvignon vines, Otis Vineyard, planted in 1957, and Harrison Hill Vineyard, planted in 1963. Yakima Valley contains three smaller sub-regions: Rattlesnake Hills, Red Mountain, and Snipes Mountain and is ideal for both red and white wine production. In fact, Yakima Valley is Washington’s most diverse region, boasting more than 40 different grape varieties over about one hundred miles.
The cooler parts of the valley are home to almost half of the Chardonnay and Riesling produced in the state! Both are made in a wide range of styles depending on the conditions of the vineyard site.
But its warmer locations yield a large proportion of Washington’s best Merlot, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. The finest Yakima Valley reds are jam-packed full of red cherry, currant, raspberry or blackberry fruit, as well as cocoa, herb, spice and savory notes, and exhibit a supple texture, great body, focus and length.