Forge Cellars "Wagner Caywood East" Dry Riesling Seneca Lake

This is the perfect example of how terroir transcends the varietal, and how Riesling can be used as a conduit of site expression. Winemaking practices among our Rieslings are exactly the same from site to site, yet there are stark differences between a wine like Wagner Caywood East and its slightly southern neighbor, Willow. Here, you have one site (WCE) with a much greater incline and more gravelly, shale-dominated composition, which tends to yield wines with a bit of tension and mineral focus, and another site (Willow) that sits on a softer grade with more moderating climatic factors from the lake, and finer sandy soils, which gives lift and grace, like a pirouette on the palate.