Featured Wine of the Month
June 2011
2008 Ravines Dry Riesling
Ravines Wine Cellars is a boutique winery located on the hillsides of Keuka Lake in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. European winemaker/oenologist Morten Hallgren and his chef/foodie wife, Lisa, have created a diminutive, distinctive winery that crafts unique vintages by combining Old World winemaking traditions with New World innovation.
Mr. Hallgren’s 2008 Dry Riesling is truly a benchmark effort. The wine is exceptionally delicate, intensely crisp & refreshing (perfect for warm weather quaffing), and is decidedly food friendly. Initial floral and citrus notes yield to a lingering mineral finish backed by a vibrant acidity.
Most dry German and Alsatian Rieslings tantalize the tongue with just the subtlest hint of sweetness before turning bony at mid-palate. But the 2008 Ravines is delightfully & elegantly dry from the very outset and perfectly balanced by 12.5% alcohol and 03% residual sugar.
This wine sells for $16.99 per bottle; and I know that it is available in limited quantities at the following Pennsylvania LCB outlets: Villanova, Berwyn, Ardmore, and King of Prussia. If you enjoy Riesling, you can’t afford to pass this one up… But you’d better get a move on.
Cheers!
The Artful Diner
June 2011
The
Artful Diner is an independent, freelance food writer. His latest review and an archive of past reviews for restaurants around the country and the world can be found on this site on the
REVIEWS page.
