2021 Gewürztraminer - Sunrise Hill Vineyard

Perfume • Spicy • Linear

Best enjoyed at  42° – 51°f
Suggested drink window: drink now - 2025 - 2027

Winemaking

• 100% Gewürztraminer

• Single Vineyard Series: 100% Sunrise Hill Vineyard

• Soil: Gravelly Silt Loam & Clay

• Harvested October 14th

• Unfined & Sterile filtered

• Vegan

• Certified New York Sustainable Winegrowing

• Brix: 21.0° • pH: 3.39 • TA: 6.4 g/L • RS: 0.2%• ABV: 12.0% • Bottling Date: 6/21/2022

• Cases Produced: 190

2021 Tech Sheet

Single Vineyard Series

The Finger Lakes contains a mosaic of soil types, slope, aspect to the sun, and microclimate giving each vineyard its own identity. While this variety adds multiple dimensions to our wines, it also presents an opportunity for us to further celebrate the land in our Single Vineyard Series. We bottle the special flavors produced from one particular vineyard in years when the fruit is of intense quality and such distinctive character that it demands to stand alone as a pure expression of terroir.

Sunrise Hill Vineyard

Sunrise Hill Vineyard, a picturesque landscape located on the western side of Cayuga Lake, was founded by Bob and Kathy Ruiz and is now owned and operated by father-son partners Jay and Seth Birnbaum. Here, 12 acres of eastern-facing vinifera grapes are grown. The combination of soil, location and climate produce grapes that are packed with bright, fruit-focused flavors with just a hint of mineral and spice.

2021 Vintage Notes

Winter of 2021 gave us some surprisingly warm days and just enough snow to be protective when the temperatures dipped low.  Early spring was lovely - sunny and mostly dry with undisturbed flowering and fruit set.  Beginning in June, the summer rains arrived and persisted through August.  Once into September and more so in October, we were blessed with warm and dry weather, allowing us to round out our harvest season in good conditions. The abundant moisture during the summer months resulted in a smaller crop but yielded very fruit-driven and expressive reds and sparkling and bright and refreshing whites and rosés.