Winemaker Notes:
A bright clean wine with hints of pineapple, green apple,
mandarin orange, fresh stone fruits and lemon.
Along with the fruit aspect is a wonderful minerality bordering on limestone. Just next to the fruit and minerality is a
very nice layer of creamy vanilla that reminds me of Nilla Wafer Cookies. The finish is clean and lingers with the
tropical minerality before descending into the cookie! A great wine for salads.
Vintage:
2018 started out with very cold temperatures in January and
continued throughout most of the winter.
The cold weather was followed by an unusually wet spring. Some rains coming when the vines were beginning
to flower, an important process in the grape development and a time when heavy
rains are not wanted. The summer was consistently
hot and humid with the humidity never seeming to abate. The fall started out with drier conditions allowing
for some good grape development and then towards the mid and later part of the
fall the rains returned. Overall a hot,
humid and wet vintage that Mother Nature throws at us occasionally to test the
fortitude of the growers and winemakers.
Blend
100% Viognier
Harvest
Grapes were harvested on 07 September at 22 Brix, 3.85pH and
5.65g/L TA
Vineyard Source:
Keswick Vineyards, Keswick, VA
Fermentation
Juice was cold settled for 2 days and then fermented in
stainless steel for 22 days using Fermavin3C Yeast
Aging
The wine was aged 81% stainless Steel and 19% Neutral French
Oak.
Bottling Date
09 May 2019 – 416 cases
Release Date
September 2019
Technical
Information
12.7% Alc
3.84 pH
0.578g/L TA
0.075% RS (dry)
