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’85 Riesling‘Special ’

’85 Riesling‘Special Select Late Harvest’ Wine Details
Price: $35.00 per bottle

Description: Spectacular honey-and-lime-blossom bouquet with exquiste apricot flavors. 7 Time gold medal winner - do we need to say more? Gault Milau Magazine - June 1989, No 8 of the World's Top Ten Best Dessert Wines GOLD MEDAL - Wine Magazine Interational Challenge 1992 GOLD MEDAL -1991 Altanta Wine Summit-Best Desert Wine in the USA "Dogwood Award" GOLD MEDAL -1991 Les Amis du Vin Wine Juding GOLD MEDAL -21st International Wine & Spirit Competition, London, 1990; GOLD MEDAL -1990 Atlanta Int. Wine Festival GOLD MEDAL -20th Int. Wine & Spirt Competition, London 1989 GOLD MEDAL -VINEXPOCompetion, BlayeBourg, France, 1989.

Varietal Definition
Riesling:
On the sweeter end of the spectrum, some of the best dessert wines should give thanks to the Riesling varietal. Riesling is known for its complementary nature of combining balanced acidity with sugar. Rieslings are made dry to sweet, but it is the sweet style Riesling that brought about its popularity in the United States. With the rise of spicy sauces, marinades and dips to flavor our meal, Riesling plays a part in taking off the edge of the heat. Riesling is known for a number of signature characteristics: floral, citrus and pear. Riesling has peaked in California with 11,000 acres planted. Today, Monterey County’s cool-climate areas and its long growing season produce good amounts of character for the Riesling grape. Outside of


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