2009 Müller Thurgau

87 points & Best Buy – “Honeysuckle, pear and limoncello flavors create a unique, fruit-driven, luscious wine with plenty of natural acidity. It hints at exotic, tropical fruit without being buried in it. The alcohol is just 10.5%, but the wine tastes much bigger.” August 2011, Wine Enthusiast

Tasting Notes:
This crisp and fruity Riesling cross is a show stopper anytime and any place. A year round favorite, we recommend it lightly chilled and served with cheese and fresh fruit. Pure refreshment!

Winemaker Notes:
I think Müller Thurgau (MOO-lehr TOOR-gow) gets a bad rap and if you read Jancie Robinson’s description in The Oxford Companion to Wine you wouldn’t even want to touch the wine! But never fear it is actually one of my favorites. I’ll admit one strike against it might be the name, it doesn’t roll of the tongue quite like Riesling, but don’t let that put you off. Müller shouldn’t be taken too seriously so if you mispronounce the name don’t worry about it and just enjoy a glass. In my opinion, it should be pretty, light and lively and, if you’re lucky, have a little bit of effervescence leftover from fermentation. As I’ll tell you if you catch me in the tasting room, this is my ‘after mowing the lawn’ wine. When the day is hot and the wine is cool it goes down better than a beer and the lower alcohol helps keep you from feeling looped after a glass. It ripens earlier that most other white grapes which is an advantage at our cool site and at a lower sugar which leads to why it has less alcohol. So to quote the 23 June 2006 Wall Street Journal article on Müller Thurgau: “Try something new. It’s fun!”