2008 Ravines Wine Cellars Dry Riesling Argetsinger Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  9/25/2020 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Nose has come together - very classic and minerals - really etched and cutting a little ginger bread, biscuits really stoney and bitter. Palate is really wicked - stones and stones and minerals, steely - just a hint of lime and some sweet fruit but really wicked. Pulverized stone - very good but not stunning like last bottles
  
  Day 2. This is better than last night and last night was better when opened in the morning. It's crisp with tons of steel, rocks and lime. Pulverised stone dust and a little green and mint. A bit of golden and serious extract. Similar on the palate - lean, chiseled and precise. The finish is razor sharp with stone dust and lime. The bitterness from last night has burned off or is less visible in the different context. Great stuff. Nose - 5-5.5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 5-5.5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 16.5-17.5/20.

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  1/13/2018 - Keith Levenberg wrote: flawed

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  7/30/2015 - melzar wrote: 92 Points

  Expressive nose of citrus fruit and minerals. Palate of grapefruit and minerals with bracing acidity. Vilified bone dry unlike most Fingerlakes Rieslings, this wine will not be everyones cup of tea. Slightly bitter finish. Somewhat improved with bottle age, this wine would mellow out even more with more time. Will age. Hold if you have some.

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  7/21/2015 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 96 Points

  No better riesling in the USA. I have had this bottle for about five years now. The amazing thing is that it doesn't taste like it's gotten any older - it's just even better. A knockout on the very first sip with a sizzling minerality of slate and gothic stone; I didn't know it was possible to get this kind of expression outside Germany. The style is a bone-dry GG style of riesling with acidity cutting like a samurai sword that would probably feel wincingly sharp if the wine weren't buzzing with so many other things going on. The fruit is pale and, like I said before, as fresh as a new release but calling it fruit at all may be stretching the concept, as it has the light and brightness of fruit but otherwise this wine is pure mineral, the flavors a study in stone and the texture like crunching on quartz crystals

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  5/18/2014 - missatiejacket Likes this wine:

  I drank this a few days ago, so I don't have a thorough note. It's still youthful and as good as ever. Not the most complex dry Riesling, but good enough to show that the Finger Lakes does produce world-class examples. I'd put it on par in terms of quality and style with a good, but not great, Trocken from the Mosel. I'm interested to see where it goes with more time. I think I'm down to my last bottle, but I'm confident in giving it a few more years. note to self: check back in around 2019.

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