2022 Ruth Lewandowski Elimelech

This is 100% Riesling from the storied Cole Ranch way up in the hills between Ukiah and Boonville.

Not quite the expected version of Riesling.

Riesling can be flashy, fleshy and flamboyant...intoxicatingly scented, richly textured and yes, DRY. Only the craziest of sites can pull this off in balance and Cole Ranch is one of those kooky California examples.

Planted in the early 1970's by a gentleman named John Cole and one of the only AVA's owned entirely by one individual. It's officially the smallest AVA in the nation clocking in at just 189 acres (55 planted). Of those planted, 18 acres are planted to Riesling...mostly on limestone based colluvial soils and dry farmed...and eventually form “Elimelech.”