vintage |
Riesling Dry Late Harvested vinification / notes at bottling |
reviews / awards | aging notes |
| 2002 | harvested November
26, 2002 after a warm fall / the grapes were pressed and the juice was
cold-settled / yeast was then introduced/ fermentation was cool and lasted
22 days / the wine was then racked from its lees and spent 10 months in
tank prior to bottling tasting notes at bottling intense peach and ripe green apple on the nose / the palate shows very intense fruit with peach, green apple skin and some citric notes on the finish / the acidity is fresh and balanced and the flavours linger on a very long finish estimated cellaring: 5 to 7 years total production: 150 cases |
4 out of 5 stars This is an exciting approach to Niagara winemaking that will hopefully create more interest in the premium Riesling category and spawn many imitators. The late-harvested fruit has been fermented dry, which makes for a Riesling with impressive mouthfeel and concentration.The intensity of peach and citrus fruit and fresh acidity make for a refreshing wine that calls to mind serious and ageworthy Riesling reserves from Alsace. This wine could easily age 5-10 years and gain increasing complexity. That said, it's just the thing to add some zest to Easter dinner. Christopher Waters, The Standard. April 3, 2004 This is made in the style of a German Spatlese trocken – a dry wine from late picked grapes. Given the quite intense, exotic dried apricot, pine nuts and mossy nuances I suspect there was some botrytis or noble rot in the grapes. It’s medium-full bodied, initially creamy and smooth, then quite dry, hot and a bit resinous on the finish. Excellent length. Dry it with roasted game fowl. David Lawrason, Winery to Home. July, 2004 Colour: medium straw Nose: grapefruit, spicy Taste: rich, spicy, grapefruit and rhubarb flavours - mouth-filling with good length and a long, dry finish. A hefty wine. Drinkability: Hold (Long Term) Tony Aspler, Winery to Home. July, 2004 Pricey for a Riesling but has the substance to warrant the price. Medium straw colour; spicy grapefruit bouquet; dry, full-bodied with a well-extracted spicy grapefruit and rhubarb flavour; good length with a long dry finish. Tony Aspler, "Wine of the Week", www.tonyaspler.com. July 2004. |