2022 Floral Terranes, Merlot, Long Island, NY Worthy Park The fruit is from vineyards

The fruit is from vineyards in the Côtes de Beaune

Vintage: A cold winter with average rainfall delayed typical budbreak by a couple of weeks

2020 Weingut Donnhoff Hollenpfad Im Muhlenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs Nahe

The top white cuvée of the domaine

daily pump over then cap punching by foot

2022 Floral Terranes, Merlot, Long Island, NY Worthy Park The fruit is from vineyardsSince the beginning Erik has had an obvious thing for Merlot obviously Long Island has a thing for Merlot. Yet Floral Terranes always gives the wine its own signature. My sense is that this is the wine they baby the most, with daily loving punch downs, etc. What to say? This is deeply plummy and Merlot y, textural yet there is also the brightness of red fruit, a wonderful bounce for such a mouth coating and deeply satisfying wine. Yum. From the