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2008 Pey-Marin Vineyards Riesling “The Shell Mound”, Marin County• A refreshingly crisp and dry Riesling organically grown on the chilly western coast of Marin County
Price: $24/bottle Free shipping on 6+ bottles! • Past Awards & Accolades •2007 Vintage EDITORS CHOICE. Excellent & Highly Recommended. Very Good/Extraordinary EXCEPTIONAL "A very good, zingy and dry Riesling is the 2007 Pey-Marin "AThe Shell Mound" from Marin County." 2006 Vintage 91 Points! "The grapes barely got ripe in this vineyard in chilly Marin, just north of the Golden Gate. The numbers tell the story: acidity is .082 grams, alcohol is 11.8%, there's no oak, and the wine was stirred on the lees for five months. The result is an impressive Riesling, one of the driest on the market, a wine of great delicacy and subtlety. Fruit isn't the star here; minerals are. This is a wine to watch .” Top 100 Wines of the Year
• Vintage 2008 •2008 was difficult for many along the North Coast. Drought, frost, and further north in Sonoma Coast & Mendocino forest fires wreaked havoc. Luckily, we suffered only drought and a touch of frost. In other ways, 2008 was "normal", which is to say, always different. But we saw bright sunshine, cool ocean breezes, and even a daytime high temperature of a whopping 64° F on August 4. Botrytis pressure was very low all year long. We hand harvested (at night) about 2.2 tons per acre of beautiful, racy Riesling clusters in the early hours of October 20 at about 22.5 Brix.
• Vineyards •Our "The Shell Mound" Riesling is estate grown in our eighteen year-old vineyard located less than eight miles from the frigid Pacific Ocean in western Marin County. Our vineyard is heavily influenced by the cold Pacific Oceans considerable climatic prowess. Bud break is earlier than neighboring regions, but "set and harvest are later than other areas. The net result is a very long & moderate growing season. The vineyard terrain has rolling coastal hills and its soil profile is decomposed marine sandstone which drains well and is moderately fertile. We farm our estate vineyard organically and incorporate sustainable viticultural practices (composting, hand tilling, ladybugs and cover crops). Our frigid vineyard site gives us naturally high acidity, a hallmark of the great Riesling's of northern Europe.
• Winemaking •Riesling is a noble grape which ruthlessly expresses a purity of place. There is no oak, no blending and no malolactic to alter the pure expression of its terroir. Our compact Riesling bunches were hand-harvested and hand-sorted in the field and gently whole cluster pressed (a la champagne method) with multiple press “cuts” to separate the lots. This is a luxury rarely given to Riesling, but we continue to afford it this decadent treatment. After settling, the juice was inoculated using three separate yeasts (Rudisheimer, Colmar & Wadenswil) and cold fermented (59° F) for 24 days capturing its very delicate aromatics, steely, crisp texture and our vineyards terroir. After five months of intensive stirring on these three different yeast lees we bottled in April 2009 into a stelvin-sealed bottle which perfectly preserves its freshness. We call this special wine "The Shell Mound" after the many mounds of oyster shells left by our predecessors across western Marin County.
• Wine Facts •Regional Composition: Marin County – 100% Fact Sheet
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