Lamoreaux Landing Wine Cellars is located on the shores of Seneca Lake. While best known for Rieslings and other whites, their cool climate red wines deserve attention as well. The 76 West is an admirable blend of 45% Cabernet Franc, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon and 17% Merlot. In the warm 2012 harvest, the wine offers a deliciously ripe and round style. The bouquet shows black cherry, red cherry and blackcurrant fruits with hints of green herbs, graphite and black pepper. The red and black cherry fruit flavors are underscored by savory herbal tones and black pepper spice. The herbal style of the Cabernet Franc is given added weight and texture by the Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. It’s a delicious Bordeaux-style blend that will age gracefully for another 5 years.
Lamoreaux Landing, Finger Lakes (New York) 2012
By Wayne Belding