|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Pinot Gris is often the grape variety that can suffer the most
from hot and dry weather in producing wine that can be
burning and lacking grip, however, it is also a grape variety
that needs some ripeness in order to develop nice flavours
and interesting structure. More than any other grape in
2009, we tried to harvest the Pinot Gris before it started to
develop any noble rot and definitely tried to avoid
unnecessary over ripeness in the Herrenweg vineyard,
which produced the biggest part of this wine. The
Herrenweg is a gravely valley floor vineyard, well drained
and precocious. It is capable of producing elegant aromatic
style of wines, which is the definition of this varietal Pinot
Gris. Not many of our customers have seen a perfectly dry
style Pinot Gris from us for many years, as it can often keep
some roundness while finding it difficult to finish
fermenting all the sugars. The 2009 finished perfectly dry in
a very clean pure style as the crop was perfectly healthy.Early tasting notes 7/2010: this was probably the quickest
wine to finish fermenting in 2009, and right from that time,
it is showing the exact same characteristics: elegant soft
aromatics, nutty, light creamy toasty character with some
light minerals. The palate is elegant and very well defined.
Despite a very decent ripeness, it seems lighter than 14%
and the fact that it is very dry makes it actually very
interesting. Still quite closed, I expect this wine to open up
in the next months. It will be very easy to use with chicken,
poultry, light meaty dishes or sea food.Bottling date: 9/2010
Alcohol: 14.3° alc
Residual sweetness: <2 g/l
3.2 g/l H2SO4
pH: 3.6
Yields: 69 hl/ha
Optimum drinking period: 2010-2015
Average age of the vines: 18 years
Surface: 1.3 ha
Terroir: gravely soil on valley floor
Indice 1
1000 cases produced |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| The Sorting Table, LLC 1700 Second St. Suite 380 Napa, CA 94559 (707) 603-1460 |
Content and Images ©2013 The Sorting Table, LLC. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
