2004 RIESLING

We tried an experiment with our Riesling this year in which we divided the juice into that which was fermented in stainless and that which used five year old french oak. We gave up on the oak and dumped it. The bottled Riesling is all stainless fermented and it is dry (0.3% RS). It has a wonderful crisp flavor and just the beginning of the classical Riesling typicity.

Grape source Sheldrake Vineyard, Finger Lakes
Harvest date 10/14/04
Brix @ harvest 21°
pH 3.23
TA 9.8 gm/
Alcohol 12.3%
Barrels used Stainless only
Time in barrel 9.5 months
Filtration 0.8µ, 0.45µ
Bottling date 07/29/05
Bottles produced 300
Release date 09/01/05
Winery price $14.00

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