Empire Estate

Finger Lakes Dry Riesling

8.9236 ratings
9.037 pro ratings
Finger Lakes, New York, USA
Riesling
Pork, Squash & Root Vegetables, Chili & Hot Spicy, White Fish, Fruit Desserts, Meaty & Oily Fish, Duck, Goat & Feta Cheese, Blue Cheese
Top Notes For
Allison Lyzenga

Lime peel, green candy, petrol, yellow Gatorade, marjoram, sage, slate, jasmine, fresh ginger root, saffron on finish

Lime peel, green candy, petrol, yellow Gatorade, marjoram, sage, slate, jasmine, fresh ginger root, saffron on finish

Oct 3rd, 2022
John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.1

Agree with both @Tom Casagrande’s reviews. Clean and fresh. Really good.

Agree with both @Tom Casagrande’s reviews. Clean and fresh. Really good.

May 29th, 2022
Adam Knoerzer

Pretty straightforward stuff here with plenty of lime.

Pretty straightforward stuff here with plenty of lime.

Feb 15th, 2019
Stewart Ben

Pears with bright acidity - classic finger lakes Dry Riesling. So good....pairing with shrimp, orzo and basil with feta.

Pears with bright acidity - classic finger lakes Dry Riesling. So good....pairing with shrimp, orzo and basil with feta.

Dec 2nd, 2018
Chris Harvey

Super dry & crisp

Super dry & crisp

Aug 16th, 2018
Jeremiah Allen

Straight forward style, reminds me of Clare Valley Riesling, very Lime forward and reductive.

Straight forward style, reminds me of Clare Valley Riesling, very Lime forward and reductive.

Aug 9th, 2018
Dan Thomas

2016

2016

Apr 16th, 2018
Chris Harvey

Nice bouquet. Tart, crisp

Nice bouquet. Tart, crisp

Dec 2nd, 2017
Octavian Darwin Tsen

Really deep yet crisp petrol and stone fruit flavors; dry but not without juiciness. Grand!

Really deep yet crisp petrol and stone fruit flavors; dry but not without juiciness. Grand!

2 people found it helpfulFeb 28th, 2018
Tom Casagrande

Nice job for a tough year. This is a blue collar Riesling. Dark brass color, earthy nose, with loads of petrol-like minerality and lots of dried apricot. Intense and relatively weighty in the mouth, it packs a good initial wallop of minerality, with a bit of fruit, in a bone dry framework. Good acids. Persistence on the finish is lacking a bit, but otherwise lots of character.I agree with a prior tasting note I saw that this — surprisingly for a young wine — tastes like a well-aged Spatlese Trocken.

Nice job for a tough year. This is a blue collar Riesling. Dark brass color, earthy nose, with loads of petrol-like minerality and lots of dried apricot. Intense and relatively weighty in the mouth, it packs a good initial wallop of minerality, with a bit of fruit, in a bone dry framework. Good acids. Persistence on the finish is lacking a bit, but otherwise lots of character.I agree with a prior tasting note I saw that this — surprisingly for a young wine — tastes like a well-aged Spatlese Trocken.

1 person found it helpfulNov 12th, 2021