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.