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Organic Riesling

Organic Riesling Wine Details
Price: $12.00 per bottle

Description: Our 2001 organic Riesling is a dry white wine with lively flavours of apricot, honey and lemon verbena. This earthy wine has been aged in our 2500-liter oak casks adding a mellow complexity and full mouth feel. Best enjoyed with salmon, light meats, pork and many vegetarian dishes.

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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