Clean Slate Riesling

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Wine Description

The fresh, balanced taste of clean slate is achieved by carefully selecting grapes from vineyards throughout the Mosel. The steep blue slate slopes of the Lower Mosel give the wine its minerality while the Middle Mosel provides a hint of spice to complement the characteristic fresh peach flavors of the Upper Mosel.

Vineyards overlooking the water
Slate Soils in the Vineyards
old clock in the vineyard
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Acclaim
“Transparent pale gold. Good aromatic fruit scents, peach and a whiff of mango, fresh but not over the top. Flavors are consistent with the nose, fresh mango and tart acidity, and perhaps just a hint of that fabled Mosel slatey stony character in the background. If there's sweetness there, it's hard to pick out against the zippy acidity. Light 10.5% alcohol makes for easy sipping as table wine or aperitif, and there's a gentle peach-pit bitterness in the finish.”
— The Wine Lovers Page, Oct 2011
Sheri pairs this wine with Vietnamese Shrimp Summer Rolls and Thai yellow curry. The maps do not match, but this Riesling, like many others, balances a dollop of sweet with the grape’s characteristic high acidity.
— StyleGourmet.com, Jun 2011
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard size
6,200 acres
Soil composition
Slate
Training method
Vertical trellis system
Elevation:
300-1,500 feet
Vines/acre:
3,300
Yield/acre:
3,237 l/acre tons
Exposure:
Southern/Southwestern
Harvest time:
October
First vintage of this wine:
2005
Bottles produced of this wine:
515,000
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Winemaking & Aging
Varietal composition:
100% Riesling
Fermentation container:
Stainless steel
Fermentation temperature:
61-64 °F
Type of aging container:
Stainless steel tanks
Size of aging container:
59,000 l
Length of aging before bottling:
4 months
Age of Aging Container:
15 years
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Analytical Data
pH level:
2.4
Acidity:
7.8 g/L
Alcohol:
10.5 %
Residual sugar:
24.8 g/L