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The Herman J. Wiemer vineyard is the oldest site the winery owns. Poor, gravelly soil offers good drainage and serves to limit vine vigor. As one might expect the 2012 HJW Riesling is the most austere, and notably the most acid-driven wine in the lineup. It's nervy, with a kind of twitchy energy, like a doe emerging from a lean winter. Fruit is not the foremost expression; rather there is poise, tension and intensity, along with lime pith, lovely textural minerality punctuated by saline. Sample
The Herman J. Wiemer vineyard is the oldest site the winery owns. Poor, gravelly soil offers good drainage and serves to limit vine vigor. As one might expect the 2012 HJW Riesling is the most austere, and notably the most acid-driven wine in the lineup. It's nervy, with a kind of twitchy energy, like a doe emerging from a lean winter. Fruit is not the foremost expression; rather there is poise, tension and intensity, along with lime pith, lovely textural minerality punctuated by saline. Sample
Viscous stuff, feinherb sweetness, and a tuba blast of bitter, salty funk. Not impressive-for-the-Finger-Lakes or even for American Riesling; just damn impressive. Wow!
Viscous stuff, feinherb sweetness, and a tuba blast of bitter, salty funk. Not impressive-for-the-Finger-Lakes or even for American Riesling; just damn impressive. Wow!
The original plot, from a Bernkastel born chappie. Floral, clean, Apple, lime. Some residual (but only 0.8rs) peach, mineral. Quite old vines, from 1970s
The original plot, from a Bernkastel born chappie. Floral, clean, Apple, lime. Some residual (but only 0.8rs) peach, mineral. Quite old vines, from 1970s
Finger Lakes, New York, USA
