Winemaker Notes
100% Riesling, Dionysus Vineyard and Bacchus Vineyard
A classically styled Riesling with a twist—long term elevage on the lees.
The long term lees contact imbues the wine with a certain textural
decadence that cannot be achieved in any other way. The wine has
intense aromatics, linear palate, and incisive acidity. Straw color with
intense aromatics of apple, tangerine, pear, lime peel, melon, lemongrass,
and wildflowers. Some brioche and nutty tones are also present from the
extended lees contact. The aromatic complexity follows through on the
palate with notes of mineral, wet stone, apple, tangerine, lime peel,
brioche, and melon. Nuances of mineral, wildflowers, and lemongrass
echo on the long, vibrant finish. High flavor intensity and concentration on
a tight, linear frame with vibrant acidity. Obvious lees texture imparted from
a 6 year elevage on fine lees in neutral oak barrels. Drinking beautifully
now, but properly cellared it should gracefully evolve over the next decade.

Technical Details
? Blend of 2 Riesling clones: Geisenheim 110 and Neustadt 90
? 60% neutral oak fermentation, 40% stainless steel fermentation
? Batonnage twice/month for first 9 months, then monthly afterwards
? 6 years elevage on the lees
? 0 g/L residual sugar
? TA 7.4 g/L
? pH 3.11
? Ethanol 13.1%,
? 55 cases produced