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| | Tasted by OnWisconsin on 11/5/2021 & rated 93 points: Stone fruit reserves, minerality, and shortbread/pastry (sweater than an autolitic note). Time has really transformed this into something beautiful.
Medium minus acid with a citrus-dominated finish.
This is in a really great place now. Could probably go another ~5 years, but why wait? Currently exhibitng mature notes, while clinging onto structure. (904 views) |
| | Tasted by melzar on 7/5/2020 & rated 89 points: Has aged well. Fruit and petrol big time on the nose and palate. Good acidity, and considerably more residual sugar than I remember. Intense and complex. I prefer a drier style in dry Riesling, but very good for what it is.. (1259 views) |
| | Tasted by Smatk on 4/14/2020 & rated 93 points: Potent nose of petrol, yellow fruit and a touch of lime. Palate is astringent with deep flavors of apricot, pineapple, and meaty papaya with slate minerality and a long, pithy finish. Intense and complex - probably the best bottle of Finger Lakes riesling I've had. Time has been very kind to this vintage. (1347 views) |
| | Tasted by cos65 on 12/1/2019: Served blind
Strong petrol Riesling aromas,
almost to the point of being medicinal.
And bone dry which makes this a bit astringent on opening.
But with 2 days air this has opened up well and drinks rather nicely. (1362 views) |
| | Tasted by wgilbert3 on 8/13/2019 & rated 88 points: Still very nice! (1377 views) |
| | Tasted by Smatk on 12/31/2018 & rated 92 points: 2012 was a fabulous year. I love Ravines Rieslings for their minerality and bracing acidity. This has definitely improved- petrol on the nose. I wish I could keep these around long enough to get some age- from in-laws stash. (1398 views) |
| | Tasted by fred o. on 8/5/2017: light-yellowish slate color. nose strongly waxy, almost like sniffing a crayon; slight honey, bright. Palate with slight sweetness, slight minerality, golden apple, tastes like drinking bright sunshine. opens up more and gains more depth with time in the glass. enjoyable, 89 pts (2393 views) |
| | Tasted by Pour Boy on 7/23/2017 & rated 90 points: One of NY's finest riesling producers. If you haven't discovered Ravines yet, you haven't realized the potential of the Finger Lakes. Nose of wet slate, chalk. Acidity makes it a perfect match with foods, cheeses. (1975 views) |
| | Tasted by FredF on 8/17/2015 & rated 90 points: Starting to show its maturity with a touch of the petrol that comes out in good Rieslings. Good food wine, nice crisp fruit, some minerality, good acid balance. (3704 views) |
| | Tasted by Charlie Carnes on 7/9/2015 flawed bottle: Tasted against 4 other Rieslings from around the world. I didn't like this one a bit, I thought it was flawed. It was funky, flat, wierdly green and funky brown. I still say it was off. Others didn't think the wine was flawed. It finished last. (3913 views) |
| | Tasted by pmarlo on 6/21/2015 & rated 92 points: This wine surprised me. It was just about as good at this level as many German made reselling wines. It was light yellow in color. I tasted of pear and grapefruit and had that nice dieseling semi-bitter taste. it lasted all weekend in an opened bottle in the fridge with little loss of fruit. Based on this tasting, I would not hesitate to buy another NY wine again. (3776 views) |
| | Tasted by Dar3 on 5/25/2015 & rated 90 points: Very nice riesling, exceptional QPR. 90-91 (2778 views) |
| | Tasted by RGCM Gananda on 12/14/2014 & rated 91 points: This wine continues to show quite well. Served on the cold side of chilled and showed a very aromatic nose and great fruit-acidity balance. The acidity is still strong, but has blended into the body of the wine a bit more, resulting in a more complete bottle. Fruit retained its brightness and complexity and finished strong. Certainly has the qualities to last. Very well done Finger Lakes dry riesling. (3346 views) |
| | Tasted by Necowine on 11/19/2014 & rated 88 points: Integrated palate of musk, lemon, and green olive, bright acidity, shale minerals. Based on muted performance on the second day, would think these would be better drank sooner. Very fair at 18usd. (2163 views) |
| | Tasted by melzar on 11/15/2014 & rated 89 points: Most Finger Lakes "dry rieslings" have very noticeable residual sugar. Winemakers here know they taste and sell better that way. This wine is the exception. Nose of minerals and petrol. Somewhat bitter palate becomes more forthcoming with air and warmth showing amazing fruit and and acidity. Loooong finish. This is a white that can age and perhaps gain a point or two. (1840 views) |
| | Tasted by djwitzel on 11/11/2014 & rated 89 points: Lush honeysuckle, lots of acid, a little minerality, well put together. (1846 views) |
| | Tasted by tenorselbow on 10/16/2014 & rated 91 points: Attention all dry riesling lovers. If you come to US, you must go to Finger Lakes. I spent a couple of years living near Washington state, the biggest producers of riesling in the country and most of their regular riesling is cloyingly sweet. Even what they call "dry" riesling is really "off-dry". Have these people not tried Alsatian riesling? OK, I may be a bit of a riesling snob and there are some very good off-dry and sweet rieslings around the world (well actually only in Germany in my experience) that have matching acid. Very hard to pull off and not even necessary, in my opinion, given how good dry riesling can be (I am one of a tiny subset of Aussies who are very proud of our dry rieslings). I was in despair, but luckily USA is a big country and New York state goes for dry rieslings in a big way.
In the nose, I'm getting tropical fruit and caramel apple with good height. Still a little closed but I dare say that this one will age well as it seems very balanced. In the mouth, minerals, sherbet and citrus - big and still good height. On the finish good acid with a hint of buttered popcorn. Moreish. Riesling lovers rejoice! (2057 views) |
| | Tasted by joet626 on 9/22/2014 & rated 87 points: Ok; nothing special (1523 views) |
| | Tasted by Walkersj on 9/12/2014 & rated 89 points: Last one. Time to buy some more. (1499 views) |
| | Tasted by Janstan on 8/11/2014 & rated 88 points: Went well with grilled shrimp, scallops & clams. (1647 views) |
| | Tasted by dke on 8/2/2014 & rated 88 points: Nice nose of tropical fruits and petrol, on the palate, good and balanced with some bitterness on the finish. (1563 views) |
| | Tasted by imissjerry on 7/23/2014 & rated 91 points: Stunning. (1580 views) |
| | Tasted by SoundinBetween on 7/7/2014: good acidity, clean finish, though it didn't quite have the power to cut through spicy thai food like i thought it would have. not complex, no particular/noticeable qualities to the finish, but with a nice nose and very pleasant palette there's not much more you can ask for at this price. (1577 views) |
| | Tasted by chablis28 on 7/4/2014 & rated 88 points: To really pass judgment I would need to drink another btl. This was served to family for the 4th and nothing about the glass I sipped stood out for my palate. Think I'm still far more excited about the Donnhoff QBA for exactly the same dollars. Other dry riesling aficionados may dig this more. (1846 views) |
| | Tasted by FredF on 6/25/2014 & rated 89 points: Dry minerality with limited fruit (peach and stone fruits). Good food wine. Had with seasoned pork tenderloin (fennel and garlic) and the wine stood up well. (1487 views) |
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