Brix at Harvest   32 Degrees

Grape Source   Russian River

Chemistry at bottling:    pH: 3.64    Total Acidity: 5.8 grams/liter  

    Alcohol: 10.25%   Free Sulfur Dioxide: 30 ppm    Total Sulfur Dioxide: 147 ppm

Residual Sugar    14 grams/liter

Bottling Date   June 7, 2004

Notes

“Late Harvest” doesn’t just mean “sweet”; it also means that the grapes were infected with the “Noble Rot”, Botrytis Cinerea.  This rot, which grows in its “noble” form only under certain conditions of humidity and temperature, rarely occurs in California.  But when it does, wines made from grapes infected with it make the most wonderful wines in the world.  This Gewurztraminer is a beauty—it has all the spicy charm of the idiosyncratic and somewhat esoteric Gewurztraminer grape layered into and around the incredible earthy and organic characters of the Botrytis rot. 

  Have this wine for dessert, not with dessert!  

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