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It seems to me that sparkling wines from the Finger Lakes could be an exciting quality prospect for the future, as almost every wine here is built on a core of acidity barely covered with fruit flavours: the ideal sparkling-wine scenario for a Champagne-like style in which too much fruit flavour is a distraction.  What holds such wines back, paradoxically, is that the region has a long-established tradition of producing modest, well-rounded and accessibly priced sparkling wines, meaning that both customer expectations and ambition fall short of the highest reach.  Not so at Ravines, where this impressive, dry Chardonnay from the old-established Argetsinger vineyard on Seneca Lake, has seen out almost a decade on its lees: look out for scents of clean, fresh apples and lemon, with fresh, incisive, striking and searching flavours and some textured richness.

Chardonnay

Ravines, Blanc de Blancs, Finger Lakes, New York State, USA, 2008

It seems to me that sparkling wines from the Finger Lakes could be an exciting quality prospect for the future, as almost every 

Ravines, Blanc de Blancs Brut, Finger Lakes, New York State, USA 2008

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