This Riesling is crisp, brimming with fruit, and sassy!
Winemaking Blend: 100% Riesling AVA: Seneca Lake Soil: Howard gravely loam with pockets of limestone Harvest Date: 10/11 – 10/29/2021 Total Acidity: 6.4 g/L Alcohol: 11.0% Residual Sugar: 0.3% Harvest Brix: 20.0° - 21.0° pH: 3.27 Fermented and aged on lees in Stainless Steel for 8 months with occasional bâtonnage Unfined Bottling Date: 6/21/2022 Cases Produced: 180
Drink Window: Drink now – 2025 - 2028 Serving Temp.: 42° – 51°f
Tasting Notes Our “Semi”-Dry Riesling is back after a year’s vacation. It has returned refreshed and quenched and ready to do the same for you. Honeydew melon and flint caress your nose, followed by a palate redolent with a stone fruit orchard; peaches, nectarines, and apricots with a bright minerality of slate layered throughout. Drier than its name would suggest, this Riesling is crisp, brimming with fruit, and sassy! Just right!
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.
