New York State: Red wines to try

Perched on the slope at 230 metres, the Leidenfrost vineyard is a magnificent site. The soil is a moderately-thick layer of loam over shale; the...

The shale-rich soils of this sustainably farmed vineyard on Seneca Lake have produced a wine of beautiful purity of fruit with bright curranty aromas touched...

The grapes for this bottling are from a vineyard on the east side of Seneca Lake at just over 200 metres elevation in thin clay...

<p>The vibrantly coloured and concentrated Saperavi grape is planted in both Lake Keuka and Lake Seneca. 2018 was a particularly rainy year, and this made...

This wine is made with grapes from west-facing vineyards above Seneca Lake at 220 meters elevation. Forty per cent of the grapes were added as...

Fruit for this wine is grown on a marvelous sustainably-farmed site on the east-facing slopes of Seneca Lake. Despite the variable climate of the vintage,...

<p>From old vines, some nearly 50 years of age. This wine is cool fermented and given a gentle extract to ensure a lovely, fresh curranty...

Glacier Ridge is a superb site for Pinot Noir. Located on the southeast side of Lake Seneca, this vineyard has thin, loamy soils over shale...

This wine is produced from estate-grown grapes from both sides of Lake Seneca. The fruit is wholly destemmed and given a long, cool fermentation of...

The Tuthills Lane Cabernet ranks among the top examples of the variety in New York state, with its lovely ripe blackcurrant fruit aroma and no...

This wine was fermented using whole clusters and a semi-carbonic style using fruit from Cayuga Lake and was aged in new and used French casks....

This Hickory Hollow Cabernet Franc is full of fruit and freshness in a Loire style. The aromas start with notes of blackcurrant and mint and...

This drinks well now, showing moderately deep colour and pronounced aromas of blackcurrant, liquorice and tea with an earthy edge. The texture is firmly tannic...

The new vintage of Syrah from Elements has an opaque purple colour and a vibrantly aromatic nose of blueberry, pomegranate, and nettle, with a good...

Produced from grapes from the sustainably farmed Passmore Vineyard, this is an exuberant, silky wine with bright high-toned fruit with aromas of violets and a...

Hosmer is located on Lake Cayuga's lightly sloping western shores, where the Dijon-clone vines have been grown on the estate Patrician Verona Vineyard since the...

This wine is a delicious blend of 53% Cabernet Franc and 47% Lemberger (known in Europe as Blaufränkisch). Blaufränkisch is grown throughout central Europe, especially...