BLUE BOOK TASTE PROFILE

Appellation: Arroyo Seco
Varietal: Riesling

TASTE BENCHMARKS
	Profile #1
Appearance	Straw gold.
Aroma	Rich jasmine, rose and honeysuckle are complemented by a characteristic green tea signature.
Flavor	Arroyo Seco is famous in California history for its generous, likeable rieslings packed with rich fruit flavors.
Balance	Crisp racy acidity not otherwise found in California except at high altitude, balancing a rich natural sweetness.
PRODUCTION CORRELATIONS
Oenological	Stainless steel or neutral barrel fermentations, with or without malolactic. Sterile filtration.
Viticultural	Capable of large scale, economical precision viticulture similar to the factory farms of the Monterey AVA, resulting in rich wines which are quite affordable.
Terroir	Although this appellation has sunken river bed to its west which shelters vines from wind, this is reserved for red wines, and riesling is grown mostly on the exposed alluvial fan to the east, owing its richness, ripeness and natural sweetness to its distance from the Pacific and its rocky subsoils.