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Ripe yet fresh with juicy raspberry and blackberry fruit. 89/100īoundary Breaks Harmonic Red 2016 Finger Lakes, New York Quite a rich style with little oak influence. 89/100īoundary Breaks Harmonic Red 2015 Finger Lakes, New York There’s some varietal character and also nice brightness. 88/100īoundary Breaks Gewurztraminer 2017 Finger Lakes, New Yorkīright and linear with a freshness under the grape and lychee characters. Rich and smooth with nice rich grapey fruit. Richly textured with some lychee and pear fruit. 88/100īoundary Breaks Gewurztraminer 2016 Finger Lakes, New York Has some warmth on the palate, finishing a little salty. Rich and intense with powerful herb-tinged citrus fruit, together with some pear and cabbage hints. Picked at 26 brix, with 10 g/l rs, Auslese Trocken style. 93/100īoundary Breaks Riesling 110 Grand 2016 Finger Lakes, New York Sweet but with great tension and freshness. Very fresh, pure and vivid with lovely lemony intensity. 91/100ĭr Riesling 198 2017 Finger Lakes, New York Juicy, vivid and intense with a long finish. Powerful, sweet and limey with melony richness and keen acidity. 88/100īoundary Breaks Dry Riesling 198 2016 Finger Lakes, New York Very rich and sweet with real intensity and high acidity. Very bright and lemony with sweet apple and melon notes. 90/100īoundary Breaks Dry Riesling 198 2014 Finger Lakes, New York There’s a hint of sweetness, but overall this is dry. Very fine and expressive with nice intensity and a mineral edge. Zippy with good concentraton and depth of flavour. Zesty and juicy with a bright lemony edge. 91/100īoundary Breaks Dry Riesling 239 2017 Finger Lakes, New York This has pure, sweet fruit with nice intensity and depth. Juicy and lively with lovely bright citrus fruit, as well as some melon and pear richness. 89/100īoundary Breaks Dry Riesling 239 2016 Finger Lakes, New York There’s nice texture here with a generous mouthfeel and a hint of sweetness. Rich and quite textured with sweet pear, peach and orange peel flavours. ‘I aspire not to go broke but not to work myself to death,’ says Bruce.īoundary Breaks Dry Riesling 239 2015 Finger Lakes, New York It now accounts for around 40% of revenue. The first goal was to get distribution, and only then was the Boundary Breaks tasting room opened. Winemaking is contract, and he has worked with seven different winemakers so far, including Kelby Russell, who currently makes about 20% of the wines. The reorganized Scott Henry trellising yields 4-5 tons/acre at 22/23 Brix. He planted 8 acres in 2009, 6 acres in 2010 and a further 6 acres in 2013. ‘The drainage tile is the most valuable investment we made,’ he says. These were heavy soils so he began by installing drainage in every row, which keeps the vineyard dry and allows him to hang fruit for longer. The history is most people were thrown into the business without thinking it out.’īruce had some good advice.
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He adds, ‘Weimer, Frank and Ravines have done this, but it is kind of an exception. To be able to have a sustainable business at $20 a bottle, you need to make a lot of it.’ The zone in the middle is a no mans’ zone when it comes to economics. ‘Around here you can scrape by at 5000 cases, selling through the tasting room. His objective was to make enough wine for this to be a sustainable business, which he reckons is at the 20-25 000 case levels. ‘In terms of vineyard establishment it is hard to get a better spot,’ Bruce says. It was a field with no vines, close to the water on the east side of Seneca Lake. He found it in the Finger Lakes: ‘I lucked into an ideal spot,’ he says. He came back to New York and looked for a place to establish a Riesling-focused vineyard. ‘This was a pairing and experience I never forgot,’ he says. A few years ago he enjoyed one of Germany’s leading Rieslings (a Spatlese from Nahe genius Helmut Dononnhof Riesling Spatlese with a Thai meal at the Lotus of Siam in Los Vegas. Bruce Murray comes from central New York.