Maker: Peninsula Cellars, Traverse City, Michigan, USA
Grape: Riesling (at least 85%)
Place of origin: Hawkeye, Kroupa vineyards, Old Mission Peninsula AVA, Traverse City, Michigan, USA.
Style: Sweet Late Harvest
Vintage: 2016
Notes: 22.3 degrees brix at harvest, 71 grams/liter residual sugar
ABV: 8.5%
Appearance: Pale gold with a few tiny bubbles.
Nose: Ripe peach, honey, lemon curd.
Palate: Full-bodied, sweet and tart. Ripe peach again, Orange Julius, gravel dust.
Finish: Sweet and citrusy.
Parting words: Peninsula Cellars is very good because they get their grapes from very good vineyards, Hawkeye and the family vineyard Kroupa in this case. This Late Harvest Riesling is sweet but not cloying. It has a nice balance of citrus, stone fruit and tropical flavors that can stand alongside most Mosel kabinett or spätlese Rieslings at twice the price. I have four bottles of this wine in my cellar currently and I’m looking forward to trying this wine again at 5, 10, 15 and maybe even 20 y/o if I live that long! Like almost everything Peninsula Cellars does, the 2016 Late Harvest Riesling is highly recommended.
