WINE PROFILE
Fresh citrus, apple, pear, and a touch of white peach greet you on the nose. Bright refreshing crispness is complemented by subtle hints of fresh baked bread on the palate.

INGREDIENTS
Grapes, yeast, sugar, SO2

NUTRITION FACTS
5-5OZ SERVINGS PER CONT.
Calories: 109, Carbohydrates: 1.6g, Fat: 0g, Protein: 0g

THE STORY
The Sokol Blosser family has selected a site comprised of volcanic soils and influenced by cooling marine winds located in the Eola-Amity Hills, called Blossom Ridge Vineyard. Starting in 2014 Sokol Blosser began the transition of Blossom Ridge to an organic vineyard site, carrying the farming values of “good to the earth” forward. Produced in the traditional method, aged for six months in 10% new French oak and en tirage for 52 months. 

VINTAGE HIGHLIGHTS
It was clear something was different with the 2019 harvest when fruit flies were spotted at Thistle Vineyard over Labor Day Weekend. The second sign was the dramatic shift in the weather forecast. At the end of August, we believed we would have a “warmer and drier” than average September/October. Sounds good huh?!?!? Then, at the end of September we got 2.7” of rain… which is double the average, and we had one of the coolest Septembers on record. We remembered and applied the key learnings from prior similar vintages in our approach to the 2019 harvest – get the grapes as ripe as possible with as little fruit degradation as possible. Even with a longer hang time this year the grapes had less sugar, high pHs and high acids. Consequently, we based our picking decision more on the taste of the juice and looking at the weather. We had 5 distinct rain events from when we started harvest on September 3 to when we ended picking on October 10th, and these individual rain events sometimes lasted multiple days. In the end, we got as much ripeness as possible and are very happy about what we put into barrel.