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Chateau Montelena - Riesling 2016
Tasting notes
Nose: Fresh rose and violet followed by orange blossom and honeysuckle. Mango, peach, and ripe apricot slowly come into focus after a few patient minutes.
Palate: Ripe melon and lemon curd are the stars of the show here but quickly yield to fresh pineapple, quince jam, and clove.
Finish: e acidity and viscosity of the wine are quite complementary and usher in a subtle sweetness highlighted by fresh g and honey.
Palate: Ripe melon and lemon curd are the stars of the show here but quickly yield to fresh pineapple, quince jam, and clove.
Finish: e acidity and viscosity of the wine are quite complementary and usher in a subtle sweetness highlighted by fresh g and honey.
Introduction
When you visit our tasting room here in Calistoga, the odds are that you'll be presented with two white wines: our Potter Valley Riesling and Napa Valley Chardonnay. And while it's tempting to overlook that rst splash of Riesling as simple, unsophisticated, or merely a warm-up for the more 'serious' wines to come, the truth is that what makes this wine so universally approachable and hedonistically enjoyable is exactly why you should take note and pick up a few bottles for your next BBQ, dinner with friends, or day at the beach. Riesling is incredibly versatile and, while our take on it certainly rewards some bottle age and culinary experimentation, we're still amazed at how easy it is to nish the bottle for no good
reason at all.
Technical data
HARVEST DATES: September 30 & October 1, 2016
ALCOHOL: 13.4%
BLEND: 100% Riesling
BARREL AGING: 6 months French Oak and Stainless Steel
BOTTLING DATE: April 2017
RELEASE DATE: July 2017
ALCOHOL: 13.4%
BLEND: 100% Riesling
BARREL AGING: 6 months French Oak and Stainless Steel
BOTTLING DATE: April 2017
RELEASE DATE: July 2017
Vintage
2016 began with a urry of early budbreak in the vineyards and the simultaneous concerns for frost damage and a very early harvest. ankfully, neither of the two materialized in the Napa Valley and the combination of mild summer highs and morning fog pushed grape maturities back into September for the most part. Potter Valley was no exception and while the Riesling was harvested on the early side, it was as much a function of good farming and crop management as it was of the weather. Fortunately, we were able to pick before the rst major storms of the season, but still two weeks later than 2015.
