Comments: The Fries Vineyard continues to prove itself as an exceptional vineyard site for
Semillon. The rich intensity of fruit has warranted the special vineyard
designation for this wine.
Harvest: The single word descriptor for the 2001 vintage is “consistency”. A mild
spring led into near ideal fruit set in June. Warm temperatures remained
degrees). As a result, veraison
came on earlier than expected based on total
heat unit accumulation. We plunged into crush September 7th, harvesting
approximately 50% of our fruit in the two weeks following. Milder
temperatures slowed the remaining harvest, with some varieties hanging on
until the last week of October.
Technical: The Semillon was harvested on September 24, 2001 at 25.1% Brix, 3.54 pH,
and 0.69 grams/100 ml acidity.
Bottled 434 cases July 8th, 2002; 3.26 pH, acid 0.69 g/100ml, 14.5% alcohol by
volume, <0.2% residual sugar
Description: This crisp and viscous wine shows its marvelous rich creamy apricot and pear flavors, with
hints of fresh fig, vanilla and honeysuckle. Description:
Vinification: The grapes were whole-cluster pressed and allowed to settle in tank. The juice
was then racked off the solids into new and second year French oak barrels
where it was then inoculated with Prise de Mousse yeast. It completed a slow
but steady primary fermentation followed by secondary malolactic
fermentation. The wine aged eight months in barrel with extended aging on
the yeast lees.
(hide)