The Finger Lakes estate winery of esteemed winemaker Paul Hobbs, just announced a very interesting new wine release.
Hillick and Hobbs, grows some 20 plus acres of riesling on the East bank of Seneca Lake. Past releases have been only vintage dry rieslings. On a visit last June, we tasted their 2019, 2020, and 2021 estate-grown dry rieslings.
So a recent email announcement caught my attention. Hillick & Hobbs releases the 2022 North Ravine Estate Dry Riesling.
The inaugural release is selected from a single block on the northwestern most section of the estate. We would imagine this block, is closest to the famed “Banana Belt” region on eastern Seneca Lake.
The email further stated, The fruit from this block is unique and differentiated itself from their classic Estate Dry Riesling during blending trials, thus warranting its own bottling.
Hillick and Hobbs is hosting a release party on April 26th from 2-4pm. Hopefully soon thereafter, the realease will be available to purchase on their website.
Cheers to Dry Riesling!
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