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1995 Dry Riesling Reserve

(updated 2/23/04)

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The Wine

1995 Corral Creek Dry Riesling Reserve to continue the viscous, intense, Alsatian styled wines that our Pinot Gris Reserve starts, we have made our first Dry Riesling Reserve; it is harvested late with a touch of botrytis and full ripeness, giving the most intense dry riesling you will taste; concentrated and viscous on the palate, it is packed with spice, apple/pear/apricot fruit, and floral accents; vinified in small lots with a selection of yeasts, it is bone dry (can there be negative sugar?) and perfect with foods; perfectly balanced, look for extremely long aging; only 220 cases made in this first vineyard designated wine from our Corral Creek Vineyard.

NOTES: THE RESERVE IS BOTTLED IN THE DISTINCTIVE EXTENDED NECK ANTIQUE GREEN HOCK BOTTLE USED FOR PINOT GRIS RESERVE. THE WINE IS DESIGNED FOR THE TABLE AND WILL APPEAL TO TRIMBACH AND ZIND HUMBRECHT LOVERS. MORE THAN THE PRICE TELLS YOU IT IS NOT YOUR $7 RIESLING. COMES FROM A 1.1 ACRE PLOT AT CORRAL CREEK, THE VINEYARD SURROUNDING THE WINERY.

Stats

Harvested 11/5/95 @22.0 brix; fermented with a blend of 4 yeasts in small stainless vessels; left on lees until bottling; cold stabilized, filtered and bottled 7/18/96 @ 0.26% residual sugar, 13.3 % alcohol, 8.0 g/l acid., 3.06 pH; 220 cases made.

Quotes

Rosengarten Report, David Rosengarten, February 2004 ...mightily impressed by its evolution into the aromas and flavors of petrol, just like the best Rieslings form Germany and Alsace.

Wine Spectator: 85. Ripe and warm, with a delicate frame bordering pretty apple, spice and floral flavors. Ready now.

The Sunday Oregonian, January 25, 1998 (Heidi Yorkshire): When winemakers claim they've made a wine in the style of some celebrated European region, skepticism is usually in order. But Harry Peterson-Nedry isn't blowing smoke when he says this riesling was inspired by the legendary rieslings of Alsace.The reasons are many: bone-dry style, silky viscosity, bracing acidity and a bliss-inducing nose-combining peach, apricot and orange blossoms, hints of ginger, and the trademark Alsatian aromas of minerals and petrol. It's a terrific wine to serve with light, assertive foods, like pork roast, a grilled chicken caesar salad, raw oysters-practically anything except hunks of red meat. This is Chehalem's first dry riesling and first wine to be designated from Corral Creek Vineyards, which surrounds the winery.