2024 Desire Lines Cole Ranch Riesling

“The 2024 Riesling Cole Ranch is once again so distinctive. White flowers, gingerbread, apricot, lemon confit and chamomile are some of the many nuances that take shape in the glass. Initially, the 2024 comes across as a touch sweet, but that note dissipates on the mid-palate and finish. Floral accents linger on the long, sustained close. This site, planted in 1973 on St. George rootstock, yields wines of notable complexity and pedigree.” – 93 points, Antonio Galloni (Vinous)

Our Cole Ranch Riesling comes from some of the oldest Riesling vines in the country, planted in 1973 by John Cole in the wilds of Mendocino County. The vines are head-trained and dry-farmed in a narrow valley in the coastal range of mountains that separates Boonville and Ukiah. The valley benefits from the cooling maritime influence of nearby Anderson Valley, preserving vibrant acidity in the grapes, and yet has a large diurnal and seasonal range of temperatures like inland Mendocino County, which develops exotic and ripe fruit flavors. This was our very first Riesling vineyard, thanks to a scrawled-out note on a piece of lunch sack tied to the vineyard gate, and still the love of our life.