Racy and vivid, dry to off-dry, piercing Mosel-like acidity
Ageing
5–15 years
Serving
9–11 °C
On the steep slopes above New York's deep glacial lakes, whose waters buffer the brutal continental winters, Riesling has found America's finest cool- climate home. Finger Lakes Riesling is vivid and racy — dry to off-dry, all lime, green apple and wet slate — with a piercing acidity far closer to the Mosel than to California.
Long a region of sweet hybrid wine, it was transformed by growers who bet on European vinifera and above all on Riesling. Small, northern and utterly distinctive, it is the East Coast's benchmark for fine white wine.