Appearance: Golden straw with green hue. Aroma: Grapefruit, green apple, honeysuckle, white peach, apricot, lime, and floral notes. Flavor: Melon, mineral, lively citrus, stone fruit, and honey. Mouthfeel: Soft rich entry, nice texture, good weight, long lively crisp finish.

The 2009 vintage has the potential to be of very high-quality. The growing season in Oregon was one of drastic week-to-week temperature variability with wide swings between record high and record low temperatures. A couple of incidents of rain occurred over the Labor Day and Columbus Day weekends but did not negatively impact grape quality. A warm and dry harvest period gave way to cooler than expected conditions in late September and early October, but fortunately the majority of the fruit statewide was at or near optimum ripeness. Even with a cooler end to the season, the cumulative growing degree days for the 2009 vintage showed a 4-14% increase over 2008, similar to the warm 2004 and 2006 vintages.

Wine maker notes

Appearance: Golden straw with brilliant highlights. Aroma: Ripe peach, sweet grapefruit, orange blossom and tropical fruit. Mouthfeel: Lively citrus/tropical fruit, kiwi, pear, balanced acid with nice texture. *Sourced from www.kingestate.com

Technical notes

Total Acidity: 0.62 g/l 13.0% abv pH:3.2 Residual Sugar:0.48 g/l