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Flat Rock Nadja's Vineyard Riesling 2017 Wine Review

Flat Rock Nadja's Vineyard Riesling 2017

Flat Rock Nadja's Vineyard Riesling 2017

Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada

Community Score:90/100

Community Reviews: 4

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Price: $24.95

Drink: 2018-2022

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 11.6%

Sweetness: Dry

Wine Type: White Wine


Winery: Flat Rock

Agent: Flat Rock Cellars

Natalie's Score: 92/100

Flat Rock Nadja's Vineyard 2017 Riesling is an off-dry Riesling with green apple and lime zest aromas. On the palate, this is a bright and vibrant lemony Riesling with soft orange and herbal notes on the palate. Its mouth-watering acidity, makes it a fantastic food wine to pair with pork schnitzel and cheese spaetzle. Named for winemaker Ed Madronich's mother Nadia, this vineyard was planted in 2000. The two-hectare vineyard sits on the top of the Niagara Escarpment and with this elevation, the grapes ripen later than those below in the valley by several weeks.

Riesling food pairings: grilled chicken with lemongrass stalk, spicy pasta dishes, Feta cheese, butternut squash risotto, duck liver pate.

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This Flat Rock Nadja's Vineyard Riesling 2017 was reviewed on November 9, 2018 by Natalie MacLean

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Jennifer Havers - WSET Level 3 rated this wine as 90/100 with the following review:

Beautiful! Off-dry, fragrant, and lovely. Aromas of green apple, lime, and stony minerality. Bright acidity, tons of lime on the palate and a slight herbaceousness on the finish. Enjoy with spicy seafood dishes.
Christian Marcoux rated this wine as 90/100 with the following review:

Nadja’s Vineyard 2017 Riesling reveals fragrance of green apple, lemon, salt and ginger. Produced by Flat Rock Cellars, located on the Twenty Mile Bench, in Ontario, Canada, this light-bodied, crisp and delicious Riesling will please on any summer occasion. Palate: green apple, citrus zest, honeysuckle, cinnamon and ginger. Enjoy.
Flat Rock Nadja's Vineyard 2017 is a subtle Riesling with light sweetness of soft orange, lime, lemon zest, fresh green apples, light herbs and flinty flavours on the palate and is accompanied by mouth watering acidity, which makes this a fantastic food wine to pair with pork schnitzel and cheese spaetzle. Named for winemaker Ed Madronich's mother Nadia, this vineyard was planted in 2000. - Community Wine Reviews

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