2005 Stony Hill White Riesling

 

Tasting Notes:
This is the driest White Riesling we have made, with a residual sugar of .85. The first taste shows an impressive balance, and we think you will enjoy this wine. The color is the usual pale straw with a delicate White Riesling perfume containing a hint of tea rose petals. We always tout our Riesling as a perfect match with Dungeness crab, but try it also with Thai and other spicy Asian food, and don't forget what our southern friend says, "This is mah summah sippin' wine!"

 

Farming:
dry-farmed
Age of vines:
11 - 57 years
Appellation:
Napa Valley
Varietal:
100% White Riesling
Grapes:
Grown, produced and bottled at Stony Hill
Harvest date:
9/1/04
Fermentation time:
Typically, sixty percent of the wine is fermented down to 1 to 1-1/2 percent residual sugar in stainless steel in 10 to 30 days. The other forty percent of the wine is fermented dry in aged, 172 gallon puncheons from Stuttgart, Germany, at which time the two lots are blended.
Fermentation temperature:
50 degrees
Aging time:
6 months in stainless steel
Filtering:
Sterile filtered to remove yeast
Bottling date:
3/10/05
Total Acidity:
.64%
Residual Sugar:
1%
Alcohol:
12%
Aging Potential:
5 years +
Cases produced:
338 cases
Release date:
September 2005
 

 

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