I apologize that at this point it can be really confusing keeping track of the varying vintages and versions of this beer. The general pattern here has been to do single-vintage Seekers with peaches and double-vintage Seekers with apricots, so we flipped it and did a triple-vintage with nectarines (ie: peaches).

Also, I realized belatedly that the normal "made with stone fruit and grape pomace" text on the label is inaccurate on this one as the 2022 Riesling in this was press running grape juice blended with beer and aged over two vintages.

This is the last use of the amazing 2022 Riesling we had. These are the final barrels, blended with pomace beer from 2023 made from a German varietal called Kerner which is from Johan, we trucked it up here after the 2023 harvest and it aged on beer for quite some time. All of this saison was then refermented on 2024 harvest organic Red Gold nectarines from RAMA.

Blending two grape varietals on this was a good move, I think the Kerner brought a lot of texture and some light almost Tie Guan Yin tea character. But the big notes here are really the peach character of the Red Gold nectarines, they are pretty forward and the grapes are big lime/orange, tea, and a light Brett spice on the back. Truth be told my tasting notes on this are going to be off because every time we open a bottle of this it gets crushed so fast I don't even really figure out what it's deal is. Spend 3 years making it and 5 minutes drinking it. That said, all of these usually taste better after being opened for a few minutes... if you can give it even 5-10 minutes after opening to drink it then it's worth it.

For more on Kerner, winefolly.com is always a good resource and they say "Another child of Riesling, this time crossed with Schiava (aka Trollinger, a red) and it produces a lean, minerally and savory white wine with subtle notes of apricot skins and almond."

Bottling date: 11/14/2024
Conditioned with: Organic sugar.
Cellar: It's a peach beer, so best by summer 2026.