2020 Amplify Riesling
41 cases produced
How far can a winemaker push the character of a wine? How bold, how audacious can a Riesling be?
Our celebrated and versatile Riesling is pushed to the outer limits of winemaking, challenging our ideas of what this variety can do. The result is a full-bodied, bold example of this elegant fruit.
How far can a winemaker push the character of a wine? How bold, how audacious can a Riesling be?
Our celebrated and versatile Riesling is pushed to the outer limits of winemaking, challenging our ideas of what this variety can do. The result is a full-bodied, bold example of this elegant fruit.
Tasting Notes
This wine is like none we’ve made before here at Flat Rock Cellars. A neutral oak barrel-fermented Riesling that’s gone through full malolactic fermentation. These winemaking choices are atypical for this grape variety, but the results are astounding. A full-bodied, hyper-ripe wine that shows a richness of fruits like dried apricots, baked yellow apples and preserved peaches. There’s a slight honeyed characteristic that falls perfectly in step with this bone-dry wine. A round and soft texture completes the structural picture of this stunner. We’ve amplified Riesling to a bold and audacious version of itself … and it’s delicious.Winemaker Notes
When you take Riesling and turn it to 11, what happens? You get a beautifully, bone-dry, full malo-neutral oak fermented exmaple of the versatilty of Rielsing in Niagara. A bright acidit paired with a mouthfilling texture that may be lacking in other Rieslings, the 2020 Amplify, leaves nothing to be wanted.Wine Profile
| Vintage | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Wine Style | White Wine |
| Varietal | Riesling |
| Varietal Composition | 100% Riesling |
| Appellation | Niagara Peninsula |
| Harvest Date | October 2020 |
| Acid | 7 g/L |
| PH | 3 |
| Aging | French Oak Barriques |
| Bottling Date | May 2021 |
| Residual Sugar | 4.5 g/L |
| Alcohol % | 12.5% |
| Size | 750 ml |