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2016 Grüner Veltliner TASTE:Thenamemaybeintimidating,butthewineisnot.ThispopularAustriangrapeproducesamedium-bodiedstylewinewithsubtlecitrusandwhitepeachflavors,atouchofwhitepepperandcrisp,mineralfinish.VITICULTURENOTES:Thereareonly150acresofGrünerVeltlinerplantedintheU.S.andDancingCoyoteisthefourthlargestgrower.TheClarksburgappellationisidealforproducingmanywhitevarietalsthatarewonderfullyaromaticwithacrisp,freshacidity.Ourvineyardsenjoyhot,summerdaysfromtheSacramentoValley,whichallowtheintense,fruityaromastodevelop.Buttheyarealsoexposedtothecoolmaritimebreezesfromthebayintheeveningsgivingthegrapesawellbalancedacidity.Wetakespecialcareinallaspectsofourgrapegrowingfromdeficitirrigation,toprecisepruningtechniquestohandpickingatharvest.
WINEMAKINGNOTES:Grapeswerehandpickedattwodifferentripenesslevelstopreservethenaturalacidity,andcapturesomeoftheriperfruitnotes.Thetwolotswerewholeclusterpressed,andthencoldsettledtoremovesolids.Bothlotswerekeptseparate,andfermentedcoldinstainlesssteeltanks,untildry.Thentheywererackedintostainlesssteelbarrelsandagedonlightleesforacouplemonths.Thelotswereblendedaccordingtotaste,andchilledforstabilizationbeforebottling. APPELLATION: Clarksburg
ALCOHOL: 13.5%byVol.RESIDUALSUGAR:0.10g/100mL(%)PH: 3.56TOTALACIDITY: 6.3g/LasTartaricAcidBOTTLED:April11,2017PRODUCTION:600cases