2022 Ancient Waters Riesling

The Ancient Waters Series at Monte Creek represents the historic geological connection our terroir has. Whether it was glaciers, rivers or lakes, water and ice shaped the valleys in which our vineyards reside. The ancient waters left behind the broad spectrum of soils that create diverse flavours and characters in our fruit, and we respect these elements that contribute their unique dimension to what we drink today.

This Riesling, from a mix of our Lion’s Head vineyard and Monte Creek Ranch vineyard, is grown on ‘scuito’ soil, deep glacio-lacustrine silty loam over volcanic bedrock. These soils help to generate the tension and acidity that all great Rieslings have. Thanks to the cool Autumn nights here in the South Thompson Valley, the fruit takes a prolonged time to mature from veraison to harvest. This creates aromatic intensity and concentration within the wine, which we preserve by fermenting cold and slow, in this case, over 100 days in stainless steel.