TASTE BENCHMARKS | |||
Profile #1 Balanced, Generous Style |
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Appearance | Pale straw. | ||
Aroma | Very complex: rosewater, white peach, green olive, honey, brown sugar, coriander, lavendar, summer rain petrichor, aromatic cedar. | ||
Flavor | Full bodied with genrous fruit and lush texture. Complex exotic flavors: ripe kiwi, starfruit, chipotle and sometimes a little oak. | ||
Balance | Good acidity, sometimes a little sweet, Never hot or cloying. | ||
PRODUCTION CORRELATIONS | |||
Oenological | Generally stainless fermented, or if oak is used, extremely well integrated and in the background. | ||
Viticultural | Some biodynamic offerings. | ||
Terroir | Well-drained, loamy soils with decomposed granite on the Valley floor at 1100 feet. Also some rockier spots at 2500 feet with some igneous influence, resulting in more minerally wines. Hot, rising Palm Desert air to the East daily pulls cooling air from the Pacific 18 miles West through the Rainbow Gap in the coastal mountains. |