Vineyard del
Sol
Rattlesnake Hills,
Yakima Valley, Washington
Alc
12.5%
The
Back Label:
Yes! Riesling—Pure and simple—or in our reality, pure
and complex. An out of
ordinary Riesling.
Aromas reminiscent of warm weather fruit—peaches,
mangos, apricots. Hints of spice, citrus, and pine.
Almost DRY with light acidity to
balance spicy hot Asian dishes or picante Latin
seafood meals. Good with
your sushi and grilled chicken as well. The MOST versatile wine with foods.
And
just a bit more information:
We call it
“Sushi Wine” because it is our favorite when the wasabi and ginger are steaming
out the sinuses!
We also call
it “Ceviche Wine” for the way it balances the lime
and chiles in Latino seafood dishes.
It is made for
balancing piquant dishes—chicken enchiladas with salsa verde,
chicken curry, Thai-style pork curry, and fish tacos.
It has a
tiny bit of residual sugar, 0.45%, and zesty acidity to get the juices flowing
and rinse away the hot oils.
Adult Lemonade:
The zingy taste and tropical citrus aromas make it a favorite “hot day on the
patio wine.” Grill some shrimp with a lime and chile
sauce. It is one of our best sellers when it is over 85°F!
|
Picked |
10-13-2009 |
23.1°B |
pH 3.18 |
|
Bottled |
07-12-2010 |
R.S. 0.51 |
pH 3.13 |
|
Released |
02/10/11 |
115 cases |
12.5% alc |
Dead Man’s Clone
Riesling has
been cultivated for more than a millennium by vegetative cuttings—clones. Over
millions of reproductions occasional small mutations occur—not quite identical
twins. Usually they are assigned a number: Clone 1, Clone 4, etc. Farmers often
do not know what clonal selection they have. In the
Riesling Rush of the early 1980s no one cared.
As a wine
maker and drinker, I kept finding similarities and differences that crossed
climatic and wine-making boundaries. I chose eight vineyards that made
Rieslings in two styles:
Style 1—I
called Mosel style; it reminded me of the Riesling from that part of Germany.
Style 2—I
called Rhine style; apricot-peach, great as a sweeter wine.
The Style 1
wines all came from three vineyards planted from cuttings from Ste Michelle’s
Cold Creek Vineyard planted in the 1970s to clone ?.
The other vineyards produced Style 2 and were cuttings from California.
The Dead
Man’s Clone’s name comes from a murder. After a crew harvested cuttings they
color coded them to distinguish the varieties. The foreman, who apparently was
the only one who knew the codes, was killed in an altercation with a worker.
The cuttings were confused. The Riesling was labeled Gewürztraminer and vice
versa. The truth became evident when the vines grew up. Oops!
Our Riesling
traces to this source. Chosen because it makes superb, drier
styles. My favorite clone for Riesling wines with less than 1% R. S.
(residual sugar).
Crisp,
lively, aromas—tropical fruit salads, blossom (clover?), spice, and a hint of
pine forest or is it pineapples?
Where
do I get more?
Paradisos del Sol wine is always available at our tasting room or by
calling us at 509.829.9000 (we deliver to the greater Seattle area and ship to
a small number of states). We are also found in a very tiny number of wine
shops. Please look on the order page of our web site for the current list.
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COME TASTE PARADISE!
Paradisos del Sol Winery
www.paradisosdelsol.com
3230 Highland Drive
Zillah, WA 98953
509.829.9000
Updated 3/2/11