
Washington Hills Late Harvest Riesling
Summit Reserve
Style Sweet or aromatic Country USA (WA)
Price $10
Vintage tasted 2008
Grapes Riesling
Website www.washingtonhills.comOverview Typically, “late harvest” means just
what it sounds like: grapes are
harvested later than usual, allowing
them to further ripen and develop
more sugar. This can be more
difficult than it sounds. If made
without care or with a low-acidity
grape, the wine can be sickly and
cloying. But when done well, a late
harvest wine can offer rich flavors
and decadent sweetness, followed
by a cleansing swipe of acidity.
Nose So delicate it’s hard to pick out
individual components, the nose
definitely has floral aromas, straw,
and faint fruit. One blind taster also
smelled candle wax.
Mouth Many of our blind tasters
experienced the same progression:
an initial honeyed sweetness (with
some peach flavor) quickly gave way
to bright acidity.