Forge Cellars Forge Cellars Dry Riesling Classique 2022 750ml

Ripe but nervy, with a distinctive combination of plump peach, apricot and nectarine flavors that are carried by a taut, tangy spine of fennel, quinine and ginger. Shows a bitter orange echo on the finish. Drink now through 2029. 3,784 cases made.

A blend of fruit from all the sites Rick Rainey works with, the 2022 Dry Riesling Classique is impressively mineral for such an inexpensive wine. Stone, slate and salt— all rendered in the round, forward house style—lend great complexity to the base layer of tropical melon fruit.<br/><br/>

A blend of fruit from all the sites Rick<br/>Rainey works with, the 2022 Dry Riesling<br/>Classique is impressively mineral for such<br/>an inexpensive wine. Stone, slate and salt—<br/>all rendered in the round, forward house<br/>style—lend great complexity to the base<br/>layer of tropical melon fruit.

Like all of the Forge wines, the 2023 Dry Riesling Classique fermented in neutral wood with indigenous yeasts. A blend of fruit from several Seneca Lake sites, it's fully dry and marked by orchard fruit—Golden Delicious apples, pear and peach. It's medium-bodied but nicely plump and waxy on the mid-palate, displaying fine length on the finish. (Joe Czerwinski)