Includes:
Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling White Wine
Too Good Gourmet Lemon Twist Taffy in Spring Acetate Gift Tube
Madelaine's 9" Milk Chocolate Tulips
Lindt Mint Chocolate Truffle
Lindt Raspberry Chocolate Truffle
Angelina's Sweet Butter Cookies
Lacey's Delicious Dark Chocolate & Crisp Almond Toffee Wafers
Too Good Gourmet Shortbread Cookies in Spring Gift Box
Nikki's Butterfly Cinnamon Sugar Cookies
Miss Grace's Lemon Tea Cookies
Beth's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Los Olivos Wine & Cheese Biscuits
Deep River Sweet Maui Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
...in a Beautiful Oval Honey Stained Willow Gift Basket with Woven Trim.
Chateau Ste Michelle Columbia Valley Riesling White Wine
The Columbia Valley Riesling is a mélange of Riesling from throughout Washington’s Columbia Valley. It is crafted it to be a refreshing, off-dry Riesling vintage after vintage. The wine delivers sweet lime and peach character with subtle mineral notes. This is their “every day Riesling” that is a pleasure to drink and easy to match with a variety of foods.
A “perfect” ripening season with full crop yields, and restrained sugar levels led to outstanding wines from Washington state’s Columbia Valley in 2008. Delayed slightly by cool spring weather and a moderate summer, harvest began 10 days later than normal. Hot 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.
Columbia Valley vineyards lie in the rain shadow of the Cascade Mountains and receive just 6-8 inches of rainfall annually. Warm, sunny days and cool evening temperatures create ideal conditions
for intense aroma and flavor development in the ripening grapes. Sandy soils with low fertility and low water-holding capacity enable precise control of vine growth. A northerly latitude gives the Columbia Valley roughly two more hours of sunlight daily during the peak-growing season than California,
increasing the region’s ability to ripen fruit.
Riesling grapes were harvested starting on September 22th at the peak of flavor. Fermentation temperatures were maintained at 50-55 degrees F to preserve Riesling’s fresh and fruity character, using an assortment of yeasts for added complexity.