2019 Ravines Wine Cellars Cerise Finger Lakes

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 88.1 points

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  8/15/2021 - R2-D2 wrote: 88 Points

  Red and black cherry fruited, wild strawberry, and peppery flavors. Crunchy, and rustic tasting (from the Blaufrankish). Oak is very much in the background.

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  7/22/2021 - afields wrote:

  Tastes like what you’d expect from a cold climate Pinot/blaufrankisch blend. Strawberries, pink flowers (peonies?, some mild funk and hints of spice. M- to light body, M to M+ acid, M- tannin. Good for $20 and I like the light aromatic style.
  
  We had this with the red pepper soup and olive bread recipe provided by ravines along with Comté and Gabietou cheeses. Good pairing all around.
  
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  7/19/2021 - Cubsdc2 wrote: 86 Points

  Decent wine, with an interesting character from the Blaufrankish, but not a wine I’d pursue.

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  7/9/2021 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Retail $19. DIAM10 closure. A blend of Pinot Noir and Blaufränkisch (about 60%-40%). I have never been a fan of Blaufränkisch. Even though it is a vitis vinifera variety, it reminds me of the hybrid Chambourcin and that is not a good thing. For me, Blaufränkisch is always a bit stinky and funky and while I normally love the funk, this is on a different level. This wine, however, is blended with Pinto Noir and while the Blaufränkisch overpowers the Pinot, there is enough Pinot to mitigate the offensiveness of the Blaufränkisch. I love Ravines, and this wine is a lot better than I have portrayed it, but I really do not understand why add the Blaufränkisch. Good fruit, plenty of funk, really tart. Very good, but...
  
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  5/22/2021 - wirelesswine wrote: 91 Points

  Really loving this vintage - just great fruit and acidity - made for such a versatile wine to take to a BYO where it covered everything from a spicy veg appetizer, to pasta, to chicken.

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