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Eroica Riesling
Article number: 006 615
Name: Eroica Riesling
Origin: USA - Washington State
Wineries: Chateau Ste. Michelle
Variety: 100% Riesling
Colour: white
Description: Colour: pale shiny golden yellow with green highlights Nose: fragrant bouquet of fresh tangerines, oranges and juicy fresh lemons, backed fine with delicate mineral notes Taste: the lively freshness and beautifully balanced, racy acidity make this 10 Eroica year more tempting, powerfully aromatic with characteristic fruit (white stone fruit, ripe citrus fruits) and delicate minerality of a Washington state Riesling, Eroica unmistakably at is best!
Serving suggestion: with its subtle sweetness fits perfectly with the Eroica Riesling slightly tougher curries and fish dishes of Asian cuisine to the Zitronengrassud crabs, lobster and grilled fish
Serve at 12 ° C
Analysis: Alcohol: 11.50%
Residual sugar: 17.70 g / l
Acidity: 8.20 g / l
previously open: 1 hour
perfectly ready to drink: now
stored for up (mind): 5 - 6 years.
Production: In order to preserve the intense fruit and crisp acidity varieties of Riesling, the grapes are harvested in the cool night hours, immediately brought to the winery and not here de-stemmed, but immediately crushed. The must is now allowed to ferment very slowly at cool temperatures, so that the aromatic fruit, sugar and acid blend harmoniously in a gentle, natural manner. Ernst Loosen and Bob Bertheau have opted for the expansion of the wines in dozens of tiny containers, each one of which unfolds its special, depending on the origin and location always slightly different character and thus to overpower the richness and complexity of the flavors of the Eroica Final Blend helps. Ernst Loosen and Chateau Ste. Michelle winemaker Bob Bertheau preferably choose the cooler located plots for their Riesling blend. Together with the vineyard managers to review the optimal water supply, alignment of the vines, yield control and canopy work to achieve maximum ripeness and flavor development so as to guarantee the grapes on the vine. For its 10th Eroica-born married Loosen and Bertheau produces the grapes from the cooler Yakima Valley, in particular the peak position View Crest, the wines of superb freshness and minerality, with grapes from the Evergreen Vineyards, near the town of George, which give Eroica with the crisp lemon fruit and delicate peach aromas , and finally a part of Horse Heaven Vineyard Riesling (Horse Heaven AVA) which completes the blend with a soft fullness.
Award: Wine Spectator: 90 points Feb. 2010
Wine Enthusiast: 93 points in December 2009
Wine Advocate: 90 points 2009 JG
Bottle size: 0,75 l
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