Anthony Road Dry Riesling, has a nose with prominent peach and sweet citrus characters detectable. The citrus theme continues on the palate, with lemon zest, lime, tangerine, and honeydew melon blending from the approach to mid-palate.... Read More
After the nuanced and quiet nose, flavors of juicy strawberry, mango and honeysuckle burst on the palate. Grey slate underscores the ripe strawberry flavors, while a backbone of acidity contributes to an impression of the seashore.... Read More
A complex nose immediately sets this wine apart. Notes of floral honey and lavender froma small selection of noble rot is layered with aromas of lime zest, navel orange, tart cherries, fresh plums and roasted fennel.
Assembled just a few days before my tasting in July, the barrel sample of 2021 Marienburg GG shows clear, bright and fresh, just-ripe fruit (white peach) combined with a spicy slate tone. In the mouth, it's delicate, light... Read More
This dry-style Riesling is named after the wife of Willy Frank, second generation owner of the estate. An expressive nose of lime, white blossoms and slate gives it an intense, focused start. The palate is persistent in acidity... Read More
Harvested from the east side of Seneca Lake, the vines here grow in a unique soil composed of shale, gravelly loam, limestone, and clay. Fermented spontaneously in neutral barrels and bone dry, this is a persistent and beautiful... Read More
Hermann J. Wiemer, an immigrant from the Mosel Valley, was one of the pioneering modern winemakers in the Finger Lakes and an early proponent of riesling there. Mr. Wiemer sold the estate in 2007 to Oskar Bynke and Fred Merwarth,... Read More
The HJW Vineyard is where it all began. On a bench of land seven hundred feet above Seneca Lake, Hermann planted the estate's first Riesling vines in 1977. We spotlight this block each vintage in the limited release Riesling... Read More
Lush tropical aromas announce the ripeness of our Riesling Late Harvest. Sourced from select blocks in our Josef, Magdalena and HJW Vineyards, this structured, balanced Riesling shows a subtle minerality that underscores its pleasing... Read More
Nice aromas of melons, pears, and honey, give this Riesling a rich, lush, and juicy impression. The wine finishes with impressive refinement and wet stone along with smoky, tingling intimations of minerality.
Cool lake breezes contribute to our estates ability to slowly ripen fruit. This is a textural Riesling with early spring bloom aromas and lush stone fruit flavors that are backed by structured acidity and lingering minerality.... Read More
A blend from Gernot's four Grand Cru sites of ungrafted vines that are a minimum of 60 years old. A vivid, energetic, deceptively dry Riesling with rich fruit and powerful aromatics (reminiscent of an Alsatian wine).... Read More
This dry Spätlese is a monument to Becker and to his style. This wine is linear and laserlike - you could say it was austere if it didn't have such obvious depth and texture. This is simply a great wine in its extreme... Read More
The key to a good Riesling is finding the balance between delicate minerality and racy acidity. This wine certainly achieves that. It also offers an intensely aromatic nose of licorice wrapped around orange blossom flowers, perfumed... Read More
Aromas and flavors of peach and apricot leap to the senses with our luscious Semi Sweet Riesling. Abundant natural tartness beautifully balances the sweetness of the finish.
This comes from the prized Saumagen vineyard from Koehler-Ruprecht's estate in the Pfalz. It has gone through a marvelous transition over the past two decades and has turned up being one of the top 5 estates of the region.... Read More
Nathan Kendall is a native of the Finger Lakes, and he’s been making wine there since 2011, after gaining experience around the world. This wine is made with fruit grown around Seneca Lake. It’s light, pure and lovely,... Read More
The Shäfer-Fröhilich consummation occurred in the 1970’s, but the family’s cultivation of vines reaches back to the 1800’s. In recent history the family has brought prestige and notoriety to the village... Read More
Stadlmann produces a singular riesling that takes advantage of the calcareous soils and temperate climate of the Thermenregion, rendering a classic, flinty expression of the varietal, leading with crisp, ripe green apple and notes... Read More
The Palmberg is Stein’s “Grand Cru” and a vineyard to measure against any other vineyard in the Mosel, period. It is an awesome site, an ancient wall of vines filled with ungrafted plantings that are 90+ years... Read More
This dry Riesling is sourced from a single vineyard on the east side of Seneca Lake and is made in a bone dry style, with a weight that clocks in somewhere between the Mosel and Alsace. The 2019 is laser-like and concentrated,... Read More