Red Newt Cellars Noble Dry Riesling (500 ML) 2017

  • 94 James
    Suckling
  • 92 Wine
    Enthusiast
38 99
OFFER Take $20 off your order of $100+
Ships Fri, Apr 5
You purchased this 12/26/23
1
Limit Reached
You purchased this 12/26/23
Alert me about new vintages and availability
Red Newt Cellars Noble Dry Riesling (500 ML) 2017  Front Bottle Shot
Red Newt Cellars Noble Dry Riesling (500 ML) 2017  Front Bottle Shot Red Newt Cellars Noble Dry Riesling (500 ML) 2017  Front Label

Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2017

Size
500ML

ABV
14.8%

Your Rating

0.0 Not For Me NaN/NaN/N

Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Proceed with caution - this Riesling is a marked departure from any late harvest styles you have had before. While the honeyed aromas may lead one to think of classic, dessert Rieslings, the wine spins those aromatics into a dry and rich mouthfeel. With a delicate balance between the interplay of acid and alcohol that is difficult to achieve, the result is a remarkably rich and rewarding Riesling. With a nod to German Auslese Trockens, this Riesling creates its own unique personality and expresses a full bodied, high alcohol, and driven style that is unlike any other produced at Red Newt.

Professional Ratings

  • 94

    A very pretty, sweet white with sliced peaches, honey and some minerals. Medium-bodied, intense and fruity. Honey at the end.

  • 92

    Made from grapes at an Auslese level of ripeness and then fermented nearly dry, this offers an explosion of pineapple, star fruit, mango and grapefruit on the nose. It’s full and rich in feel on the creamy palate, with billowy tropical fruit flavors honed by a pithy citrus peel note. It ends slightly hot but still within balance, making this a unique experiment from Winemaker

Red Newt Cellars

Red Newt Cellars

View all products
Red Newt Cellars, Other U.S.
Red Newt Cellars Winemaker Kelby Russell Winery Image

David and Debra Whiting met in the late 1980s when David was working as cellar master at a Finger Lakes winery and Debra was supervising microbiology labs at Cornell University. David’s oenological career blossomed as he worked at three different vineyards in Finger Lakes and Debra’s passion for food led her to start a gourmet cheesecake business and then an upscale catering company. The couple founded Red Newt Cellars in 1998 and Debra opened the Red Newt Bistro alongside the first wine releases in June of 1999. In 2011 Debra’s life was sadly cut short, prompting David to delegate some of his duties and hire a winemaker. In 2014 Kelby Russell, a Finger Lakes native, joined the team as the head winemaker.

 

Today, the Red Newt Cellars winery and Bistro are located in the small town of Hector in the Finger Lakes region of New York, on the southeastern corner of Seneca Lake. At 600 meters below sea level, Seneca Lake is the deepest of the Finger Lakes and one of the deepest lakes in the United States. The effects of the lake and the resulting range of surrounding altitudes and soil types create a wide array of unique terroirs in a relatively small area.

 

All of the vineyards Red Newt work with for their vinifera program are located on and around the Lake. To the Northwest, Nut Road is comprised of limestone and sandstone and produces an aromatic, delicate Loire Valley-style Cabernet Franc used for Kelby’s rosé. To the west sits Lahoma Vineyard, Red Newt’s largest vineyard. This land is all sandstone and is one of the highest vineyards in the area. The Knoll, a parcel within Lahoma Vineyard that is used to grow the benchmark Riesling for Red Newt, is the highest point at 1,600 ft. Nearby, lower-lying vines provide grapes for some of the other wines including the Circle Riesling and the Dry Riesling. Near the bottom of the lake is Tango Oaks, a compelling site that is a flood plain offering a mix of silt and loam on top of the bedrock. This site features Riesling planted to Alsatian clones, as opposed to the more typical German style Geisenheim ones, which brings an interesting tropical fruit finish to wines from this spot. The east bank of the lake is called the “Banana Belt,” a reference to its warm climate that farmers used to joke was well situated for banana growing. This microclimate is where you’ll find Red Newt’s red varieties, Cabernet Franc and Merlot.

Image for Riesling Wine content section
View all products

Riesling possesses a remarkable ability to reflect the character of wherever it is grown while still maintaining its identity. A regal variety of incredible purity and precision, this versatile grape can be just as enjoyable dry or sweet, young or old, still or sparkling and can age longer than nearly any other white variety. Somm Secret—Given how difficult it is to discern the level of sweetness in a Riesling from the label, here are some clues to find the dry ones. First, look for the world “trocken.” (“Halbtrocken” or “feinherb” mean off-dry.) Also a higher abv usually indicates a drier Riesling.

Image for Finger Lakes Wine New York, U.S. content section

Finger Lakes Wine

New York, U.S.

View all products

As the most historic wine-producing region in New York state, winemaking in the Finger Lakes area dates back to the 1820s and today as a region, accounts for 90% of the state’s total wine production.

Its narrow and deep lakes created by the movement of Ice Age glaciers create an environment similar to the classic Riesling-loving regions of Europe, namely Germany and Austria. The Finger Lakes retain summer heat that incidentally warms up cold winter air, making it fall down from the lakes’ steep slopes. When spring comes, the lakes, already cooled by cold winter weather, stave off vine budding until the danger of frost has subsided. The main lakes of the zone, that is those big enough to moderate the climate in this way, are the focal points of prime vineyard areas. They include Canandaigua, Keuka, Seneca and Cayuga.

While Riesling has fueled most of the region’s success, today Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc enjoy some attention.

EDWNY313_17_2017 Item# 632783

Internet Explorer is no longer supported.
Please use a different browser like Edge, Chrome or Firefox to enjoy all that Wine.com has to offer.

It's easy to make the switch.
Enjoy better browsing and increased security.

Yes, Update Now

Search for ""