2019 Riesling Ice Wine
Collector's & Founder's Club: $52.50
Case Club: $56
Connoisseur's Club: $59.50
Non-Club: $70
Intensely aromatic with honey, peach and apricots with citrus blossoms and white tea. Swirling brings up ripe caramelized stone fruits and mango with a hint of orange marmalade. The palate is decadently sweet with spun sugar, stone fruits, graham cracker and orange rind with tingling minerality and bright acidity that keeps this lively.
Picked early in the morning on Jan 15th after the two days previous had a high of 19 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of 7 degrees. The fruit was then pressed, whole cluster yielding a concentration of sugar of 408g/L and a yield of only 51gal per ton of clarified juice. It was fermented in a 600L barrel and then transferred into a 500L barrel after stopping the fermentation with 214g/L of sugar remaining.
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Varietal | Riesling |
| Varietal Composition | 100% Riesling |
| Appellation | Royal Slope |
| Designation | Lawrence Vineyards |
| Sugar | 214g/l |
| PH | 3.56 |
| Aging | 18 months in 500L/600L French oak barrel. |
| Alcohol | 11.50% |
| Wine Style | Late Harvest |
| Volume | 375 ml |
94pts - Paul Gregutt
"Rare in Washington, this is a classic ice wine as might be found up in the Canadian Okanagan. The grapes were picked frozen in mid-January and fermentation was stopped with 214g/L (21%) residual sugar. It’s quite rich with riper fruit than the Canadian styles, delivering a thick, palate-coasting pleasure ride down through layers of peaches, cream, toasted marshmallow, lemon meringue, cotton candy and candied orange. In short, a delicious wine that expands the extent of what types of wine the Royal Slope can produce. " - Paul G.
93pts - Wine Enthusiast
- "It's quite rich with riper fruit than the Canadian ice wines, delivering a thick, palate-coating pleasure ride down through layers of peaches, cream, toasted marshmallow, lemon meringue, cotton candy and candied orange. In short, a gorgeously delicious wine that expands the potential of Royal Slope vineyards." - Paul Gregutt
Gård Vintners is 100% estate grown sustainably at Lawrence Vineyards in the Royal Slope AVA. Lawrence Vineyards features seven distinct vineyard sites with elevations ranging 930 feet to 1,675 feet. The combination of elevation and south-facing slope provides a great framework for grape production, while the diversity of the seven locations delivers a high level of complexity to Gård wines. Lawrence Vineyards is certified sustainable by Vinewise.org.
