Pikes

Traditionale Riesling

Pikes

Traditionale Riesling

The Riesling vines that produce Pikes Dry Riesling Traditionale enjoy east to southeast exposure and for the most part are ungrafted with just a small percentage planted on rootstock. The soils are red brown earth over clay, with slate and broken bluestone sub-soil.  It is this slate and bluestone sub-soil as well as the cooler climate of Polish Hill that contributes to Riesling’s intense mineral character and complexity.

Tasting Notes

Starbright pale lemon with green highlights.  Dry Riesling Traditionale is fresh, crisp, and dry with bright lemon, lime and slate - all seamlessly wound around a spine of bright, mineral acidity providing length and drive.

Food Pairing

An incomperable oyster wine.

The Riesling vines that produce Pikes Dry Riesling Traditionale enjoy east to southeast exposure and for the most part are ungrafted with just a small percentage planted on rootstock. The soils are red brown earth over clay, with slate and broken bluestone sub-soil.  It is this slate and bluestone sub-soil as well as the cooler climate of Polish Hill that contributes to Riesling’s intense mineral character and complexity.

Tasting Notes

Starbright pale lemon with green highlights.  Dry Riesling Traditionale is fresh, crisp, and dry with bright lemon, lime and slate - all seamlessly wound around a spine of bright, mineral acidity providing length and drive.

Food Pairing

An incomperable oyster wine.

Vineyard & Production Info

Soil composition:
Red-Brown earth over Clay with broken Bluestone subsoil
Training method:
VSP
Bottles produced of this wine:
486,000

Winemaking & Aging

Varietal composition:
100% Riesling
Fermentation container:
Stainless steel tanks
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
25 days
Fermentation temperature:
52 - 59 °F
Total SO2:
156

Analytical Data

pH level:
2.93
Acidity:
8 g/L
Alcohol:
11.5 %
Total SO2:
156
Residual sugar:
4.6 g/L