<p>Lahoma Vineyard Riesling is always overwhelmingly orange-fruit driven from the moment it arrives as picked grapes at Red Newt. This wine seeks to bottle that joyful fruit expression of tangerine and apricot every year in its most exuberant form. Modeled off the balance point of a German Spatlese, it is juicy to drink when young but has the sugar and freshness to reward cellar aging. An even harvest with several dry and sunny stretches that helped both for ripening and selecting harvest dates. The gradual cooling down of post-harvest into winter did occur slightly earlier than normal, around the third week of October as opposed to early November. A relatively normal growing season overall, the biggest concern being fears of winter damage from the winter prior. These concerns ended up not impacting the quality or quantity of harvest versus the long term average, however. Harvested on October 8th, 2014 and fermented in stainless steel, then aged on lees for 7 months prior to racking, filtering, and bottling.</p><p>RS: 5.7% TA: 8.7g/L pH: 2.9 ALC: 7.9%</p><p><a href="https://www.rednewt.com/2022/08/25/2014-riesling-lahoma-vineyards/" title="wine byte video"><img src="https://www.secureclubva.net/images/RedNewt/document-images/wine-byte-thumbnail-prod-notes-300x194.PNG" style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" /></a></p>