Seneca Lake
Seneca Lake
Forge Cellars 2020 Freese Dry Riesling
American White
White pepper, apricot and saline detail appear in a dry Riesling. Fruit comes from Freese Vineyard on the east side of Seneca Lake at Lodi, where gentle slopes sit on loam with shale. Grapes were hand harvested, sorted and whole-cluster pressed. Indigenous-yeast fermentation took place in barrel. Residual sugar is 2.5 grams per litre, with 580 cases produced.
Forge Cellars 2020 Wagner Caywood East Dry Riesling
American White
Apricot, quince and ripe peach accompany lemon peel and flinty mineral notes. The Riesling has concentration, fresh acidity and structure. Fruit comes from a high-elevation vineyard on shale soils east of Seneca Lake. The long, windswept site has a steep slope, reaches the crest and includes bands of gravelly soil. Spontaneous fermentation takes place in neutral barrel.
Forge Cellars 2020 Peach Orchard Dry Riesling
American White
Honeysuckle and orange blossom accompany white peach and mirabelle plum. Wet stone and lemon pith are also present in this dry Riesling. Fruit comes from the east side of Seneca Lake, on Howard gravelly silt loam. Grapes were hand harvested, sorted and whole-cluster pressed. Indigenous-yeast fermentation took place in barrel, with 3.6 grams per litre of residual sugar.