10.5% ABV. Light green gold in color. The nose is already showing some light diesel along with a bit of peach. On the palate, this has a nice oily texture. It is better on the palate with a lemon candy note. Slightly bitter on the finish. This has good acidity and is off dry. The two seem to balance each other out well. It will work with a wide variety of foods but certainly Thai would be at the top of the list.
Silvery green in color. The nose has a mineral nose with some green apples. On the palate, this has some tannins which is interesting. The green apples carry thru as well some citrus on the palate. Dry (6 grams per liter). Good finish. This seems very tight right now and could probably use some air. Seems like it should improve for a couple of years and be good for a decade. Very food friendly.
3% Residucal sugar. This is sweet but very nice if one likes this style. The nose is green table grapes. It is not often that wine smells like table grapes, but this does and that is not meant in a bad way at all. There is also an underlying minerality. On the palate, this is viscous but with a good acidity that cuts through. Nice minerality. Perhaps some white peach as well. Good finish. This will work with spicy foods and is a nice wine for those who like sweet wines without resorting to dessert wines.
198 refers to the clone type that was used for this wine. 8.3% Alcohol. It is very much in the Spatlese style of Riesling and at a tasting, was my favorite wine. Pale, silvery gold in color. The nose is nice with petrol and minerals. It is curious why it shows petrol a such a young age but the wine is otherwise young and fresh. On the palate, this is sweet and approaches cloying but falls short of that. A pineapple juice quality to it. Enough acidity to carry it off. Long finish. This would be great with Thai or other spicy Asian cuisines. It is fairly priced and is likely to dri
Apparently, this is one of the highest rated wines from the Finger Lakes region. it is quite good and fairly priced at $30.Light yellow in color. The nose has a slight petrol note and nice minerality. A bit of lemon oil as well. On the palate, this has nice acidity. Fresh lemon fruit. Some depth with underlying minerality. Good finish. It would work with a wide variety of foods including Thai and spicy foods. It seems like it is starting to just show some age but should easily last a decade or more.
This is one of the priciest Finger Lakes region Rieslings. It is a nice wine, but there isn't really any value here. Light silvery gold in color. The nose is lemony with nice fruit. It is holding onto its youth quite nicely. On the palate, this has a candied quality that is nice. While it is dry, there is a feeling of sweetness and perhaps just a hint of it on the palate. The finish has a bit of a bitter grapefruit note that was noted in a few of the Finger Lakes Rieslings. Food friendly. This should be good for ten years or so but its unclear if it will improve or just hold.
