Riesling 'Off the Grid'

• Practicing Sustainable/Organic
• 100% Riesling
• Cedar Ranch Vineyard (Illinois Valley AVA)
• 1500 ft. elevation
• Alluvial galets stud the silty, sandy soil that is riddled with serpentine
• Dry-farmed
• The fruit is destemmed, crushed, and soaks on the skins for 3 hours
• Nothing is added to the juice – no sulfur, nutrients, enzymes or yeast
• Native fermentation takes place in egg, Austrian cask and neutral barrel
• After nine months of lees contact, the wine is racked and blended
• No cold stabilization
• No residual sugar
• 12.5% abv

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