RKS 2026 Ontario Wine: Fogolar Funk Riesling?

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Aroma: Fascinating funk as an aroma in decay. Never encountered this bizarre and alluring fog from Fogolar. Fog meets Fogolor! Niagara peach and apricot intertwined in this strangeness. Slate and marmalade.

Palate: This medium dry Riesling is Pfalz all the way. Honeyed smoothness. Penetrating stone fruit with an endless finish. A full bodied almost a bruiser of a Riesling.

Personality: Typical Fogolar. Quietly impressive with all its wines. Modesty or anonymity?

Food Match: If you can wait until summer pizza with Niagara peaches as a topping. I had the perfect such pizza a couple of years ago at Elgin Harvest Pizza just outside of St. Thomas, Ontario.

Cellarbility: Here and now is just fine but can sail into 2027 nicely.

Price: $20 CDN.

RKS 2026 Ontario Wine Rating: 94/100. Natalie MacLean 91.

(Hughes Vineyard 2022 Lincoln Lakeshore Riesling, VQA Lincoln Lakeshore, Fogolar Wines. 9.1%, 750 mL).

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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