Hogue Late Harvest White Riesling
Hogue Late Harvest White Riesling - Their most popular wine, a sweet, fresh, fruity wine with a clean, tangy finish. Aromas and flavors of dried apricot, tangerine, and powdered sugar with a hint of cocoa and mint on the finish. The wine has excellent sugar to acid balance. Excellent as an aperitif or paired with fruit sorbets, poached pears or warm apple crisp.
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THE WINE
Eastern Washington's low annual rainfall and cool nights during the growing season make it the perfect
area for producing consistently great late harvest wines. Hogue has developed a style with Late Harvest
White Riesling that includes a moderate level of sweetness, richness, viscosity and crisp balancing acidity
with just a hint of complexity from the noble rot, Botrytis cinerea. The 2003 bottling was produced from
our best Riesling vineyards, which have the ability to ripen to the required 24+ Brix level. At that level of
ripeness the wine develops its trademark tangerine/apricot flavors and being grown in the cooler climate of
Washington State it retains its acidity and crispness. The 2003 Late Harvest White Riesling has aromas
and flavors of dried apricot, tangerine, orange peel, vanilla, raisin, and powdered sugar. The wine has
good sugar to acid balance. Pair it with fruit sorbets, poached pears or hot apple pie.
