*Disclaimer: I received these wines as sample to participate in a live Twitter tasting.
A few weeks ago, four rieslings from the Finger Lakes arrived so I could do a live tasting. Fun! I’m particularly excited to try more wines from this region since the 2015 Wine Blogger Conference will be held. I’ve signed up for my hotel room and need to get on booking my actual conference attendance! Back to the wines. We’ll start with one of my favorites of the bunch, though frankly, it was quite hard to choose. The 2013 Heron Hill Winery Dry Riesling sported a screw cap and 12% alcohol by volume. (Which is apparently really important to my blog according to a recently released study on wine blogs…)
Four takeaways from this wine:
1.) One thing all four wines in this tasting had in common was great acidity.
2.) The wine stood up very well on its own, but would also work really well with food with a bit of spice and heft – I kept imagining chorizo with this.
3.) Our weather was still quite warm in DC in late September at this tasting and I found the wine quite refreshing for the heat.
4.) I’m hoping all the wines at the upcoming wine blogger conference will be as tasty as this one!
On the nose I found orange flowers, honey and green apple. In the mouth I got lime, stones, stone fruit, and peach. Overall the wine had acidity to carry it through and balance out some sweeter fruit flavors.
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