Fogolar Hughes Vineyard Riesling 2019

A far different profile than the Hanck Vineyard version above. This is from the warmer Hughes Vineyard in the Lincoln Lakeshore sub-app with the fruit hand-picked and whole cluster pressed. Fermentation was stopped at 26 g/l of RS with only 9% abv. This is much more primary fruit laden with riper notes of peach, apple, citrus, nectarine and ginger. It’s juicy on the palate with sweet peach, Mandarin orange, ripe apple, lemon, ginger and nicely balanced between sweet and tart fruit. A really nice side-by-side comparison of Niagara Rieslings from both sides of the canal. Score – 91. (Rick VanSickle, winesinniagara.com, Oct. 21, 2020)