2017 Forge Cellars Dry Riesling Seneca Lake New York

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Dry Riesling Classique 2017



100% Riesling



85% east side Seneca Lake



15% west side Cayuga Lake



Soils: shale, gravelly loam and clay with limestone



Whole cluster pressed



Harvest Dates: Oct. 15 - Nov. 4



Fermented with indigenous yeasts



Fermented and aged in 57% neutral barriques and 43% stainless steel



Residual Sugar: 0.3%



Alcohol: 13%



Vintage: A milder winter than normal was followed by a fickle spring. Although April brought some hot weather, May was the wettest on record and put considerable moisture into the ground. We then settled into a rainy-cool cycle that is atypical for summer in our continental climate. This carried on through August, resulting in vines that grew due to precipitation and just-enough sun, but grapes that ripened slowly due to the lack of warmth and larger yields. Thankfully, everything changed in our favor as record-breaking high temperatures arrived in September, along with an extended period of dryness that lasted all the way through harvest in early November. We were able to reach optimal ripeness due to the drier, warmer autumn which provided the ability to hang our fruit out as long as needed. In fact, 2017 tied with 2014 in concluding with our latest harvest date. The resulting wines show crystalline purity, balance and



freshness.



Tasting notes



Anise - mango - candied lemon - saline



Due to our focus on this narrow 8-mile stretch of slope on the southeast side which includes 13 of our 14 Riesling



vineyards, this will be our first labeling under the Seneca Lake AVA. In 2017, we chose not to make our top



cuvée, Les Alliés Riesling, and de-classified our fruit in order to ensure the absolute best quality would remain in



our core wine


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