Blossom Fury 2024 Riesling, Columbia Valley

Item Number: 23162

UPC: 0-184745000683

Country: USA
Region: Washington
Sub Region: Columbia Valley
Appellation/AVA: Ancient Lakes
Estate Grown Wine: No
Vineyard Designation: Evergreen Vineyard
Vintage: 2024
Grape(s): 100% Riesling
Type: Wine - White
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Pack: 12
Closure: Screw Cap
Alc by Vol(%): 12
Residual Sugar(g/L): 4.2 g/L
Total Acidity: 8.2 g/L
pH: 3.1
Viticulture: Practicing Organic
Soil Type: Fragmented Basalt, Gravel, Silt, and Caliche deposited during Ice Age floods
Elevation: 1,400 feet
Case Production: 5,000

Wine Notes: Charles Smith, who unleashed Kung Fu Girl on the wine world, returns with the next chapter. Like a great sequel, Blossom Fury lives up to the legend and opens a bold new page in his Riesling story. Blossom Fury is no wallflower. Fierce, a little mysterious, a little seductive, and impossible to ignore.

This wine is electric. Aromas and flavors of golden raspberry, white peach, guava, passion fruit, and alpine strawberry lead into a silky texture with notes of nectarine, sweet cream, and a hint of seashell-like minerality. Bursting with pure Blossom Fury.

Winemaking Notes: 6 tons per acre. 100% whole cluster pressed and fermented in stainless steel tanks with native yeast. Aged 10 months on the lees in stainless steel.

Vineyard Notes: Sourced 100% from Evergreen Vineyard. Planted in 1998 by Jerry Milbrandt, the vineyard sits along steep cliffs above the Columbia River in the Ancient Lakes AVA. The site is cooled by strong river influence and features soils of fragmented basalt, gravel, silt, and caliche deposited during the Ice Age floods. Like all Milbrandt vineyards, Evergreen is farmed with sustainable practices, following organic principles. Zero pesticides, zero herbicides and zero adjuncts are used. The site consistently produces fruit with striking mineral character and vibrant acidity, a balance highly prized by winemakers.

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Reviews

Vinous
Rating: 91 (10/23/2025)

The 2024 Riesling Charles and Blossom Fury is finessed and perfumed, mixing green melon with savory herbs, lime zest and crushed stone. It is beautifully balanced, with zesty acidity propelling crisp orchard fruit and citrus tones across the palate, as a salty concentration saturates. Inner florals resonate through the close as the 2024 tapers off with a tropical flair yet remains classically dry. The value here is unparalleled.
The Wine Advocate
Rating: 90 (12/18/2025)
Matured for 10 months on the lees, the 2024 Riesling Blossom Fury is scented of peach, lychee, fresh bread, green herbs and stony undertones. The light-bodied palate has bright, saline-laced flavors. Its energetic acidity is balanced by 4.2 grams of residual sugar, and it has a long, refreshing finish. It overdelivers for the price!