• 2023 RieslingNew!
    Anderson Valley, Mendocino
    • (750 ml) $26.00
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Numbered limited edition Recent Press

This vintage of our Anderson Valley Riesling is only available in limited quantities. Three casks out of the seven produced were bottled separately as Deep End Riesling, and one cask was used for Navarro's 2023 Edelzwicker.


[above] One of the rooms where we ferment and age Riesling in ovals. The upright French oak tank in the background was purchased to compare wine quality with an oval. Expired yeasts fall to the bottom of this upright and offer less surface area for lees contact making it less desirable with our Alsatian varieties. This upright is now primarily used for aging Mendocino Chardonnay.

[above] Molly, Sarah's two-year-old McNab Border Collie, herding Babydoll sheep. Most of Navarro's vineyards, including our Campsite Riesling, have a high trellis that allows these diminutive sheep to graze in the vineyard trunk-suckering vines as well as eating weeds. We use three Border Collies—Molly, Queue and Jones—to move the sheep from vineyard to vineyard.


The main component, as usual in this bottling, was produced from grapes grown in the upper block of our Campsite vineyard, planted with clone FPS10 on 3309C rootstock. This selection resulted in a crisp wine with a distinctive green apple aroma and flavor. The lower section of the vineyard is planted with two clones, one originally from Germany and the other from Alsace in France. Their fruit profile is primarily ripe red apple with some floral aromatics. The final cask was produced from vines at our neighbor Valley Foothills Vineyard from an older block where botrytis is a regular occurrence, adding an apricot tone to the final cuvée. The alcohol content is modest, ensuring a refreshing sip. Apologies for the scarcity—our Riesling is a bit too popular for its own good! Double Gold Medal winner. 95 points.


Specifications
  • Harvested: Oct. 8 to 18, 2023
  • Sugars at harvest: 23.0° Brix
  • Bottled: May 1, 2024
  • Cases produced: 330
  • Alcohol: 12.3%
  • Titratable acidity: 6.8 g/L
  • pH: 3.19