White
Greenwood Ridge Estate White Riesling (Mendocino Ridge)
Mendocino Ridge · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- White
- Grape
- White Riesling
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Mendocino Ridge
- Appellation
- Mendocino Ridge
- Body
- medium
- Acidity
- high
- Sweetness
- off-dry
Food pairing
apéritif · honey-glazed ham
Rated vintages
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200887 pts
You have to classify this as a dry table wine, but it has enough residual sugar to qualify in the dessert category. With high, crisply clean acidity, it shows sugar-infused pineapple, pear, green apple and honeysuckle flavors.
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200788 pts
Straddles the border between dry and off-dry, with 1.9% residual sugar, but the extraordinarily high acidity balances the honeyed lime, spicy apple pie and wildflower flavors and makes the finish functionally dry. Great as an apéritif sipper, and a honey-glazed ham will be a per…
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200188 pts
Almost fleshy textured, the wine is broad on the palate yet offers good acidity for balance. Grapefruit, lemon, melon, pineapple, apple and herb flavors are blended nicely here in a fine-tuned, elegant style. Fruit driven, but not overly sweet.