Dutton Goldfield Dutton Goldfield Winery - Products - 2019 Chileno Valley Vineyard Riesling Become a member today and receive our best pricing and more! Your Account Log In Cart 0 items: $0.00 Close Shopping Cart Item was successfully added to your cart Qty Item Description Price Total Subtotal $0.00 View Cart Our Story Steve Dutton About Dutton Ranch Growing Grapes for Wine Planting a Vineyard Budding a Vineyard Grapevine Pruning Trellising Building a Pond Winterizing Fish Friendly Farming Dan Goldfield In the Cellar with Dan Clones Blending Malolactic Fermentation Barrel Selection SIGNATURE BARRELS FOR OUR SINGLE-VINEYARD WINES TOUCHPOINTS IN CHARDONNAY PRODUCTION PINOT PRODUCTION VARIABLES A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF ACID (NO NOT THAT KIND) Current News and Press Winegrowing Visit Tastings Events Recommendations Wine Club About Club DG Club Events Wine Club Photo Gallery Recent Club Releases Blind Tasting Kit Gift Memberships Recipes Shop Mailing List Shop Current Releases Club Member Only Library Magnums 2019 Chileno Valley Vineyard Riesling Petaluma Gap In Stock Add To Cart $30.00 / 750 ML bottle SKU: 19RICHI Quantity: Add To Cart Wine Specs Vintage 2019 Varietal Riesling Appellation Petaluma Gap Vineyard Designation Chileno Valley Vineyard Harvest Date October 25, 2019 Acid 6.4 gm/Lit. pH 3.31 Aging 100% Stainless Ferment Residual Sugar 0 Alcohol % 12.3 Wine Enthusiast 92 Tech Sheet-2019 Chileno Valley Vineyard Riesling Recipe Pairing-Shrimp with Meyer Lemon Sauce Wine Profile Tasting Notes The nose is brisk with zesty lime, with rounder notes of Crane melon softening the edges. Sweet lemon blossom and a steely oyster shell minerality back up the fruit notes. Lime curd and pomelo lead in the mouth, carried on a supple texture that balances the energizing freshness. The white grapefruit finish is clean, leaving you with a kiss of an ocean breeze that makes any type of seafood a perfect pairing. Vineyard Notes Fresh, bone dry Rieslings have long been one of this winemaker’s favorites (think Austria), so when Mark Pasternak offered us a small amount from his 25 year old, dry farmed Riesling vineyard in 2011 we jumped on it. The site is up on a bench above Chileno Valley, a picturesque, windswept neighborhood in northwest Marin. The Corda family planted 35 acres here in 1991 to a hodgepodge of varietals, most of which never ripened in the chilly climate. When Mark Pasternak took over the farming, everything got budded to Pinot Noir except for 4 acres that he was convinced would be perfect for the cold loving Riesling. Like most of Mark’s projects, his quality instincts were as good as his economic vision was questionable. The long, cold season down here gives a wine of laser brightness, complex minerality, low alcohol, and wonderful natural acidity. Riesling is a complex, expressive and beautifully aging varietal. As a newly bottled wine, it shows its focused fruit, steely minerality and fresh drinking acidity. With age, the classic white peach and grapefruit give way to rich apricot, lychee and earthy aromas and flavors. Either way, it’s a particularly enticing and vineyard-driven wine. Winemaker Notes Our hedonistic goal in crafting this wine is to maintain the tremendous brightness, focus and freshness that our favorite Rieslings of the world express. It’s been said that aromatic varieties (like gewürtz and riesling) show site more than any other because the winemaking least interferes with what comes off the vine. To this end, we ferment the wine in stainless steel at a cool 48 degrees F to retain the fresh esters of fermentation and the central core of fruit. We employ a yeast isolate from Geisenheim romantically named (in the German tradition) 58W3, which emphasizes the estery freshness and gem-like fruit of the variety. The wine sees no malolactic fermentation, and is bottled in the spring after harvest. In order to show off the pristine freshness and ebullient brightness imparted by this wonderful site, we leave no residual sugar whatsoever. Food Pairing Notes Smoked trout, Hamachi sushi, fresh oysters, and poached shrimp would all be great dates, as would light pork or chicken recipes. It’s also wonderfully versatile with cheese, with a creamy goat or Gouda being particularly nice mates. Other Notes 4.5 Stars, Wine of the Week - Sonoma County Press Democrat-Peg Melnik; 91, Planet Grape; 91, Owen Bargreen; 4+ Stars, Restaurant Wine; Tweet Call Us Get Directions Make A Reservation Call Us Get Directions Make A Reservation Contact Us Trade 3100 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472 707.823.3887 ©2018 Dutton-Goldfield Privacy & Shipping Policy Site by Kreck Design