Palate
This limited bottling of cool-climate, semi-dry Anderson Valley Riesling has jasmine and pear flavors, grapefruit and green apple characteristics and crisp natural acidity. The bright acid from the cool growing region nicely frames the citrus flavors and produces a distinctive and flavorful, well-balanced wine.
Growing Conditions
The grapes for this wine are grown in Anderson Valley, which is only about 16 miles long and up to 1½ miles wide, surrounded on three sides by rolling hills and low mountains and open to the west through majestic old- and second-growth redwoods to the Pacific Ocean along the Navarro River. It is separated from city life by the longest 30-mile road in California. The nearly one-hour winding drive between Cloverdale, at Hwy. 101, and Boonville, the largest town in Anderson Valley (pop. 700), is the main reason Anderson Valley is as beautiful today as it was in 1851 when the Walter Anderson family from Kentucky became the first white settlers.
