2021 Riesling

Aromas and flavors of citrus, candied lemon and lime zest, with hints of apple and pear. Crisp and bright with a pleasant mouthfeel.

For people who are familiar with old world styles of Riesling, the Reserve #198 will remind them of those clean, bright and satisfying sweeter wines. Its acidity will enable it to age and improve in the bottle for many, many years... Read More

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

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

A classic riesling from Australia built as a dry complex white wine. Notes of stone fruit, citrus, and heavy 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

A beautifully mineral and fresh dry Riesling that has a deep fruit concentration with an electric acidity.

Evergreen Lek is one of our oldest Riesling sites, planted in 1999 next to a patch of evergreen trees on a rich mixture... 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

Bracingly dry, yet dancing with complex aromas of peach, pear and lime peel. This wine was grown, fermented and blended by 3 generations of the Stamp family working together.

Another great Finger Lakes value, this is lean and racy, jagged with minerality when first poured. With air, a limey core of flavor inhabits its middle, tense but with a modest breadth, to cut against mildly spicy dishes.... 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

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

Winzer Select Riesling A is reminiscent of the German style Auslese, meaning selected harvest. These grapes are hand harvested with a portion of the grapes affected with botrytis, also known as Noble rot. This wine showcases delightful... Read More