2024 House Hill Riesling

2024 House Hill Riesling

Tasting Notes:
This medium dry old vine Riesling is well balanced with great body and bright acidity.  Notes of apple and tangerine on the nose are balanced by a complex palate layered with flavors of honeysuckle, grapefruit, pear and apricot.  A faint minerality dresses up the finish.

Winemaking Notes:
The special single vineyard bottling of own-rooted, 30 year old vine Riesling comes from the House Hill vineyard in Mount Angel.  The grapes were hand harvested and immediately pressed off to minimize skin contact.  Pressing decisions are done by taste and the cycle was stopped at just over one bar of pressure to minimize potential phenolics.  After pressing the juice was allowed to settle for two days before being racked and inoculated.  Fermentation temperatures were kept at 52° to 55°F and lasted about four weeks until the wine tasted balanced.  The wine was cold stabilized, crossflow filtered and bottled under screwcap in January 2025.

Harvest Notes:
The 2024 growing season started with a wet January and February and a mild spring.  Bud break occurred in mid-April with bloom following on schedule in middle to end of June.  The rest of the growing season was almost ideal with moderate day time temperatures and cool nights, leading to a long, slow ripening season.  A few short heat spikes in July and August kept us on track for an October harvest.  The lovely October allowed us to stretch harvest out this year with the first grapes harvested on September 29th and our last pick October 24th.  Great flavor concentration, balanced acidity and moderate alcohols means the 2024 wines will be excellent now and into the future.

Our estate vineyard, Dunn Forest, is LIVE certified sustainable and Salmon Safe. The vineyard is hand cultivated allowing us to respond to individual vine needs.

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