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.
