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Pacific Rim Classics

Pacific Rim Riesling

100% Columbia Valley, WA. Purest winemaking possible – sustainably produced, all native yeasts, no oak, no malolactic. A perfect exploration of sweetness – covering the classic residual sugar spectrum of Riesling.

Features
Varieties
Riesling:100%
Tech Info
Alcohol :11.5% Vol
Total Acidity :6.8 g/l
Residual Sugar:24.2 g/l
Availability
Size(s):
750ml 8 99552 00103 6
19.5L keg
Pack(s):
750ml 12pk
Soil and Origin
Soil:Wind-blown loess on basalt bedrock.
Origin:Columbia Valley, Washington
Tasting Notes
Bouquet:
Jasmine, pear and apple.
Taste:
Apricot, jasmine with a balanced crispness and balanced sugar level.
Food Pairing:
Pacific Rim Riesling is ideal with spicy Thai and Mexican cuisine, and even rich cuisine such as French and German.
Winemaking
We pick our grapes relatively early (22-23 Brix). The Riesling juice is fermented at cold temperatures for 30 days and then aged in stainless steel tanks. We leave our dry wines sur lie post fermentation for five months and we stir the lees once or twice a week. All our Rieslings are fermented with native yeasts. We use no oak and no malolactic on this wine – it’s as pure and unmanipulated as it gets.

Videos

Pacific Rim Riesling and Spice
Pacific Rim Sweetology

Reviews

BestBuy
2022 Pacific Rim Riesling
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Pacific Rim Classics 2022 Pacific Rim Riesling

The wine's primary aroma of pineapples and wet rocks is joined by a trace of something smoky, like a roaring campfire at the beach. Peaches and lemon-lime soda pop flavors are tempered by a bit of orange zest. This off-dry Riesling is need of a bit more acidity.

Date posted: September 12, 2023
90 pts
2021 Pacific Rim Riesling
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90 pts
Pacific Rim Classics 2021 Pacific Rim Riesling

Top 100 Best Buy for 2022

The aromas provide plenty of appeal, with notes lime leaf, herb, peach and jasmine. Off-dry-drinking stone-fruit flavors follow. There's pleasing acidity throughout.

Date posted: September 30, 2022
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2012 Pacific Rim Riesling
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Pacific Rim Classics 2012 Pacific Rim Riesling

BEST BUY (May 2014)

Date posted: March 27, 2014
90 pts
2010 Pacific Rim Riesling
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90 pts
Pacific Rim Classics 2010 Pacific Rim Riesling

#1 TOP 100 2011 ~ Rich on the borderline between dry and sweet, this richly fruity riesling is packed with flavors or peach, apricot, pear, a hint of mint, and a streak of wet stone. There is a lot going on for such an inexpensive wine. – PG 11/01/11

Date posted: June 25, 2013
BestBuy
2011 Pacific Rim Riesling
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Pacific Rim Classics 2011 Pacific Rim Riesling

BEST BUY ~ The sweetness gauge on the back label indicates this as medium dry, and at 3.2% residual sugar, there is more than a hint of sweetness. It’s all in fine balance, full flavored, fruity and round. A mix of peaches, apricots and Mandarin oranges makes this an interesting Riesling with some complexity. — […]

Date posted: June 25, 2013