Chateau Grand Traverse Riesling 'Lot 49'

Opened at a Christmas party a week ago. My last bottle. Still drinking well but not as lively as when I bought it back in 2009. The acidity was lower than I remember. This still had some very pretty tropical fruit. 88 points.

Very nice for the price. The evolution of this wine in the bottle was interesting. Quite tight when popped, it opened up and developed a wonderful sharp minerality on the nose. The wine was sweeter than most auslese, but fresh and light on the palate, like a kabinett from a cooler vintage. Flavors were precise and correct. It didn't hold up quite as good as expected the next day; the next bottle I open I'll gas instead of just putting …

delicious. consistent with prior bottle.

Very nice. Moderately sweet. Blew away an Australian riesling served at the same time.

Chateau Grand Traverse Winery Visit (Old Mission Peninsula, Michigan) (Old Mission Peninsula, Michigan) : Tasted at the winery. This is the first vintage made of this single vineyard wine. The grapes are sourced form the Lot 49 hillside vineyard. The vines were cropped at less than 1 ton per acre. About 200 cases were made. The wine is whole cluster pressed and fermented in stainless steel. This is an amazing wine considering that 2008 was a cooler vintage. The fact …

2008 Chateau Grand Traverse Riesling 'Lot 49' Vineyard 49, a west-facing sub-block of the drumlin-plantation Bailiwick Vineyard ; named after the Riesling material planted ('Clone 49', from Alsace). intended for release mid-September 2009; production will be about 182 standard cases. Intended for sale at about $25-30. From a moderately ripe but cool and somewhat malic (acid-lover's) vintage,Harvest Date: October 27, 2008 Harvest Sugar: 21.4º Brix Residual Sugar: 42 g/l (41.7) Total Acidity: 8.13 g/l pH: 3.00; Bottling Date: September 5, …