TN: 2016 Left Foot Charley Riesling (USA, Michigan, Old Mission Peninsula)

WINE TALK
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2016 Left Foot Charley Riesling - USA, Michigan, Old Mission Peninsula (3/22/2020)

A $13 purchase on sale. 1.2% RS with no chapitalization. Grapes sourced from the Old Mission Peninsula. This is a winery that I have rarely been disappointed by. First tried their wines 11 years ago and have opened nearly 2 dozen bottles dating back to the 2008 vintage. Pale clear white color. This wine was dryer than I expected. Notes of apples and minerals. A very easy drinking and enjoyable white with a clean finish. I have 1 bottle left which I will drink within the next year. 89 points.

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My favorite Michigan winery and probably the one winery in the country outside of New York that can compete with the great Finger Lakes Rieslings. All their white wines are superb.

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Have liked their wines as well, but hard to find east of the Alleghenies.

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In all the times I visited the Traverse City area, I never checked these guys out. Will have to make a point of it the next time I’m back there.