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Wine Recommendation
Channing Daughters Winery
2006 Vino Bianco(Long Island)
Christopher Tracy, winemaker at Channing Daughters Winery, is a trained chef and his affinity for mixing and combining elements to create flavors that are more than the sum of their parts is most obvious in his blends--particularly his Northern Italian-inspired whites.
Take his 2006 Vino Bianco, a unique-to-Long Island blend of 27% Tocai Friulano, 26% Sauvignon Blanc, 22% Pinot Grigio, 19% Dijon clone of Chardonnay and 6% Musque clone of Chardonnay is a wine inspired by the "Super Friulian" whites of Northeast Italy.
By combining a variety of grapes from both the North and South Fork of Long Island, Tracy has crafted yet another winning white. The nose is ripe with peaches, apricots pineapples and citrus fruits accented by subtle baking spice and a little minerality. Medium bodied but somehow delicate, lively and flavorful all at the same time, pear, peach and tropical fruit flavor blend here with nice spice notes and just the slightest tingle of acidity. The balance is well done here and this wine is easily recognizable at a Tracy creation.
Reviewed August 29, 2007 by Lenn Thompson.
Other reviewed wines from Channing Daughters Winery
 2006 Sauvignon Blanc, Mudd Vineyard (North Fork of Long Island)Lenn Thompson 3/23/2007 |
 2005 Chardonnay, Brick Kiln Vineyard (Hamptons Long Island)Lenn Thompson 2/2/2007 |
 2004 L'Enfant Sauvage Chardonnay (Hamptons Long Island)Lenn Thompson 1/13/2007 |
The Wine
Winery: Channing Daughters Winery |
The Reviewer
Lenn Thompson
Lenn Thompson writes about New York wines for Dan's Papers, |