Restoration White 2017 YAKIMA VALLEY
Harvest and Winemaking nutmeg and lime zest. Serve the Restoration White with crab, scallops, halibut, paella, and yellow curry Vintage 2017 was a return to a “normal” vintage Thai. Enjoy through 2023. from the extremely warm years of 2013-2016. The Summer and Fall were very pleasant in Thoughts on Roussanne Washington with typical warm days and cool nights. We made our rst Roussanne in 2002. Back then it was very unusual. Over the years we have Olsen Ranch Vineyard Roussanne is the Tablas experimented with di erent vineyards and styles of Creek clone, planted in 2007, and is planted in winemaking. Roussanne is a challenging vine to the Northeast region of the Yakima Valley grow, sensitive to fungus diseases, and the berries are between Benton City and Prosser, Washington. very sensitve to sunburn.
The Roussanne grapes were hand harvested on As challenging as Roussanne is in the vineyard, it is September 19th. All the grapes were gently super easy to craft at the winery. All we do is pick pressed whole cluster, settled out in tank early, whole cluster press, settle out in tank, ferment overnight and drained down to used French oak in neutral French oak barrels, cold stabilize, lter, and barrels. The Roussanne was inoculated with bottle. Rhone 4600 and Cross Evolution yeasts and fermented in used French oak barrels for four We make Roussanne because we like it, it is enjoyable weeks. The Restoration White is a blend of three with Asian cuisine, and there is enough Chardonnay Cross Evolution fermented barrels and one Rhone in the world (what is the point of making more 4600 fermented barrel. The Roussanne did not chardonnay??). It is better to be di erent with complete the malo-lactic fermentation. Roussanne. It is native to the Rhône Valley of France and perhaps the Romans enjoyed drinking 100% Olsen Ranch Roussanne The wine was cold stabilized outside during the Roussanne. winter and aged sur lie until March 2018 when it was ltered and bottled. The Paci c Rim Institute is striving to restore the prairie ecosystem and native plants on Whidbey Island. A portion of the sales of the Restoration White Tasting will be donated to support the mission of the Paci c Rim Institute. Visit paci criminstitute.org to learn The Restoration White is limpid with a light yellow more. green hue. It has aromas of minerals, white owers,
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pH: 3.41 TA: 5.93 g/liter RS: 0.6 g/liter 13.8% alc. by vol. isenhowercellars isenhowercellars isenhowervino
100 cases produced Isenhower Cellars 3471 Pranger Road Walla Walla, Washington 99362 www.isenhowercellars.com [email protected]