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YEAR'S BEST US RIESLINGS
90 | Hermann J. Wiemer

$39

90 | Living Roots

$18

2017 Seneca Lake HJW Vineyard Riesling ^
Bright and fresh, this riesling from Wiemer's
oldest vineyard, planted in 1976, leads with
scents of salted apple against a mineral background. The flavors broaden with air, framed
by an appealing dustiness. Still a ways from
peak expression. Cellar. (530 cases)
517035

514777

91 | Dr. Konstantin Frank

$35

2017 Finger Lakes Margrit Dry Riesling ^
Margrit comes from the Frank family's vineyards overlooking Seneca Lake, one lake
over from their home vineyard on Keuka.
The wine feels windswept and dry, brisk and
slightly herbal, with citrus flavors delivered
in a juicy burst. It's delicious, with the heft for
duck confit. (W&S 2/19; 380 cases)

2017 Finger Lakes Riesling Traminette ^
This blends riesling with the hybrid traminette, which brings an immediate rosewater
lift to the fruit flavors of apple, lemon and
pineapple. The phenolics convey an almost
slatey mineral finish. (723 cases)
514858

90 | Ch. Lafayette Reneau

$15

2017 Finger Lakes Semi-Dry Riesling (Best
Buy) ^ Broad and modestly rich, this leads
with scents of ripe apple flesh and pear. It
feels expansive, with a compelling, mildly
sour note holding the sweetness in check; for
braised pork shoulder. (W&S 2/19; 500 cases)

89 | Boundary Breaks

$19

89 | Influence Wines

$17

88 | Empire Estate

$19

2017 Finger Lakes Ovid Line North
Medium Dry Riesling (Best Buy) ^ This
riesling shows its slight sweetness in texture
more than flavor. It's rich, chewy and creamy,
with golden-apple notes that finish crisp and
focused. Pour it with roasted eggplant slathered with toum, the pungent Lebanese garlic sauce.
517252
2016 Finger Lakes Riesling (Best Buy) ^
Leading with scents of pine tips, mint and
apple, this has a lemon-curd sweetness to the
flavors, which are chewy and just off-dry, balanced for a pairing with Parisian ham. (500
cases)
516918
2017 Finger Lakes Dry Riesling (Best Buy) ^
Very dry and sharp in tone, this lean white
has scents of pine tips and green apple slices.
It's focused and direct, with a lemon-rind finish poised for sand dabs drizzled with brown
butter and lemon.

OREGON
516148

516869

91 | Ravines

$23

2017 Finger Lakes Dry White Springs
Vineyard Riesling (Best Buy) ^ Dusty,
wheaty, floral and mildly green, this has a lot
going on. From Ravines' limestone-inflected
estate vineyard on the upper western shores
of Seneca Lake, it's just shy of bone dry, with
plenty of lemon-lime flavor, and a dry mineral finish. (2,000 cases)
514867

91 | Sheldrake Point

$16

2017 Finger Lakes Dry Riesling (Best Buy) ^
Thrillingly brisk, this bone-dry riesling has
an herbal frame that holds apricot and apple
flavors in fine balance. It's savory and saline,
with a resinous rosemary note in the finish.
(W&S 2/19; 904 cases)
517114

514776

90 | Dr. Konstantin Frank

$30

2017 Finger Lakes Eugenia Dry Riesling ^
From one of the oldest blocks on the estate,
planted in the 1970s, this leads with scents
of honeysuckle and peach blossoms. The
flavors are a pure shot of apple, carried in
a rich, beeswax texture. For roast chicken.
(W&S 2/19; 380 cases)
514823

90 | Knapp

$17

90 | Lakewood

$20

$23

2017 Finger Lakes Dry Riesling ^ Bright
and leesy, with lemon-lime scents and a
broad, fleshy texture, this is mildly off-dry,
with toasty notes of bread crust. For chicken
paprikash. (W&S 2/19; 330 cases)
514962

2017 Finger Lakes Reserve Riesling ^ Harvested in the first week of November, this is
made in a spätlese style, with five grams per
liter of residual sugar. Yet it doesn't come
across as sweet, with its sharply focused citrus scent, and its clean, elegant textural line,
delicate, fresh and mildly phenolic.
517097

2016 Finger Lakes 3 Generations Riesling ^
A hint of spice leads in this otherwise fruitdriven riesling, with its fruit-salad scents
and tropical flavors. It's all shored up by the
wine's pleasingly leesy texture and its bright
finish. (W&S 2/19; 218 cases)
517116

90 | Boundary Breaks

50

WINE & SPIRITS

AUGUST 2019

93 | Brooks

$38

93 | Ovum

$27

92 | Brooks

$24

2017 Willamette Valley Ara Riesling ^ Ara
refers to a southern constellation known in
Greek mythology as "altar of the gods," and
is typically drawn from two older riesling
sources: the Brooks estate, planted in 1974,
and Yamhill Vineyard, planted in the mid1980s. Exotic from the outset, with scents of
crushed lime, apple, stones and buckwheat,
with just a faint hint of fusil, it's the texture
that nails it: creamy for just an instant, shifting with a tart thrust to a lean, almost herbal
finish. Years from its peak, this deserves time
in the cellar. (300 cases)
516893
2017 Rogue Valley Off the Grid Cedar
Ranch Vineyard Riesling ^ Like a geyser waiting to erupt, this wine feels pent up, starting
off tight, grainy and herbal, with a scent of
salsify and warm wheatberries. With air, the
flavors come into view, complex and unsettled, dancing between pineapple, green apple
and the sharpness of freshly clipped herbs.
There's much packed in here; in six months,
it's liable to be a completely different wine.
Cellar it, and watch it evolve.
516149
2017 Eola-Amity Hills Sweet P Brooks
Estate Vineyard Riesling ^ Sweet P is Brooks's
off-dry riesling from estate fruit. Despite
being luscious and juicy with pomelo and


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