Apollo's Praise Kabinett Riesling, 2024
Riesling
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Lahoma Vineyard
Seneca Lake | Finger Lakes, NY
from the winery:
Effusively aromatic in the glass with flashes of ripe peach, passion fruit, kiwi, mango - a raucous cornucopia that is hard to not smile for. This fruit kaleidoscope continues in the cheery and bright flavors of the midpalate, with fruit sweetness wrapped around quenching acidity that makes for a clean and crisp finish.
A celebration of one of the most delicious, thoughtful, and misunderstood expressions of Riesling that exists: Kabinett! This explosively aromatic and flavorful style of Riesling features ripping acidity to underpin its precociousness, can age for decades, and typically is lower in alcohol.
If ‘semi-dry’ is the nondescript, everyday glass, this wine aims to stop people in their tracks with how simply delicious it is.
The Short Rows are “the little engine that could” at Lahoma. This small planting is on the smallest hill on the farm, yet consistently yields remarkably precocious fruit regardless of the vintage. Smaller and tighter clusters on this portion of the farm can result in late season pressure, but for the Kabinett pick we intentionally harvest early to retain as much
delicious orchard fruit and bright acidity as possible.
A gentler handling than for our Dry Riesling, this fruit was crushed and cold soaked for 24 hours - versus three days - before pressing out. The goal is always to balance the uptake of the luscious fruit character without losing too much freshness, which guides the shorter cold soak right through to embracing a cool, slow, and aromatic fermentation
with Steinberger yeast. After a six week fermentation the wine rested on the full yeast lees until racking, pad filtering, and bottling in late February 2025.
Harvest Date: October 4, 2024
Vineyard: Lahoma Vineyard, Short Rows
Alcohol: 8.0%
TA: 8.7 g/L
RS: 56 g/L
pH: 3.04
Bottling Date: February 25th , 2025
Cases Bottled: 613
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