| TASTE BENCHMARKS | |||
| Profile #1 Fresh Style |
Profile #2 Oaked Fumé Style |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Appearance | Pale straw. | Pale straw. | |
| Aroma | Rose,perfume, grapefruit, lime with an herbal nettle and tarragon complexing element. | Lilac perfume with weedy nettle and grapefruit. Toasted almond, smoke and vanilla. | |
| Flavor | Round and lush, managing somehow to be both delicate and complex. Good acidity. | Rich and round with clear oak influence. | |
| Balance | Surprisingly good acidity. | Surprisingly good acidity. | |
| PRODUCTION CORRELATIONS | |||
| Oenological | Standard stainless fermentation, no oak or malolactic. | Barrel and or oak alternatives employed in production. | |
| Terroir | Well-drained, loamy soils with decomposed granite on the Valley floor at 1100 feet. 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. | Well-drained, loamy soils with decomposed granite on the Valley floor at 1100 feet. 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. | |