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<h1>2008 Cold Creek Riesling -- Chateau Ste. Michelle Shopping Cart</h1>
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-- <i>offers deep fruit-driven aromas and flavors of ripe peach and pineapple, while maintaining a refined elegance and a fresh, clean, refreshing finish.</i>
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<p><b>TASTING NOTES</b> <br />“Cold Creek Vineyard is known for producing a rich, soft style of Riesling because of the area’s warm temperatures. This 2008 bottling offers aromas of ripe peach and grapefruit with a refined elegance and a refreshing finish. The wine’s concentration is attributed to the older vines at Cold Creek. This Riesling would be a great match with a spicy Thai chicken salad.”-<em>Bob Bertheau, Winemaker</em></p>
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<b>VINTAGE</b><li>A “perfect” ripening season with full crop yields, and restrained sugar levels led to outstanding wines from Washington state’s Columbia Valley in 2008.</li>
<li>Delayed slightly by cool spring weather and a moderate summer, harvest began 10 days later than normal.</li>
<li>Warm weather in August provided ideal ripening conditions for grapes across all varietals and harvest was quickly ramped up in order to obtain fruit at the optimum ripeness.</li>
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<b>VINEYARDS</b><li>Planted in the early 1970s, Cold Creek Vineyard is one of Washington’s oldest and most acclaimed vineyards.</li>
<li>The vineyard is located 38 miles east of Yakima, Washington, south of the Columbia River and Wahluke Slope.</li>
<li>Cold Creek Vineyard enjoys one of the longest and warmest growing seasons in the Columbia Valley.</li>
<li>The site’s silty loam soil and the area’s low annual rainfall force the vines to struggle, producing fruit with intense, concentrated flavors and aromas.</li>
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<b>WINEMAKING</b><li>Riesling grapes were picked over a four week period. This resulted in varying sweetness levels in the Riesling fruit that came into the cellar, giving the winemaker<br />more blending options to work with.</li>
<li>A cool fermentation was used to preserve varietal character.</li>
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<b>TECHNICAL DATA</b><li>Alcohol: 12.0%</li>
<li>Total Acidity: 0.71g /100ml</li>
<li>pH: 3.06</li>
<li>Residual Sugar: 2.31 g/100mL </li>
<li>Blend: 100% Cold Creek Vineyard Riesling</li>
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<b>FOOD PAIRINGS</b><li><b>Foods:</b> Crab, poultry, fresh fruit, mild cheeses, Asian dishes</li>
<li><b>Herbs:</b> Dill, parselt, chervil</li>
<li><b>Spices:</b> Allspice, black pepper, cloves, nutmeg</li>
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