White Wine

This is a sweet dessert wine made from Cayuga Grapes. 

Reviewed by Julia Harding/Jancis Robinson

A lovely expression of the german wine!

Gold Medal Winner at the August 2024 Atlantic Seaboard Competition!

Review by Julia Harding/Jancis Robinson

Full screwcapped bottle 1,202 g. Purchased grapes from North Mountain vineyard. Whole-bunch pressed. Fermented cool in tank. TA 8 g/l, pH 3.31, RS 10 g/l.
Pure, scented lemon-and-lime freshness and a hint of mango. Sweet lemons all the way to the rounded, soft but balanced, mouth-watering finish. The acidity and the fruit are excellent partners. The overall impression is harmonious and off dry. Impressive depth of flavour. Extremely youthful and may age longer than my cautious drink dates suggest. (JH)

SILVER MEDAL IN THE SHENANDOAH CUP 2022

Cayuga/Chardonnay we blended this wine with a tad of Chardonnay.  You won't find any over oaking here.

 Vivid and Fresh

BRONZE MEDAL IN THE FINGERLAKES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2023, 

 SILVER MEDAL IN THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION 2023

SILVER MEDAL IN THE SHENANDOAH CUP 2023

SILVER MEDAL IN THE GOVERNOR'S CUP 2024

   This is one of our best white wines to date. Think PEACHES. Enjoy this lovely, light, crisp wine, full of aromatics of peaches which follows through with lots of flavor.

Sunburst Cayuga White

Coming Soon June 2025

Paul & I spent many years in Curacao.  This wine reminds us of warm summer nights watching the beautiful sunsets that the caribbean offers.   Imagine a burgundy white (thats the yeast we used) with a lovely balance of fruit.  

Coming Soon June 25

The previous vintage (2023) won a gold medal in the Shanadoah Cup.

We expect no less from this 2024 vintage

Coming Soon June 25

The previous 2023 vintage won best of Catagory in 17 states at the Alantic Seaboard Competiton in 2024

We sold out of this wine VERY QUICKLY and expect no less from the 2024 vintage.

Coming Soon June 25

The previous vintage (2023) Gold medal winning wine in the Alantic Seaboard Competition 2024

We expect no less from the 2024 vintage

Silver Medal Governor's Cup 2024

Bronze Medal Winner Atlantic Seaboard Competition 2024

Soliel d'Ovest Estate 2022 was reviewed by world renowned wine critic Julia Harding. Below are her tasting notes.
Score 16 (superior)
Full screwcapped bottle 1,151 g. Cool fermentation and ageing in stainless steel. This is a cold-hardy hybrid bred in Minnesota in 1988 and released in 2022. This interspecific hybrid includes 45% Vitis vinifera, 28% Vitis riparia, and less than 10% each of Vitis rupestris, Vitis labrusca and Vitis aestivalis.

Intense, ripe tropical fruits on the nose with a hint of roses giving it a floral aspect – smells a little like Gewürztraminer. Ripe on the palate, too, highly scented, with a citrus freshness balancing those tropical fruit flavours and rose-petal notes. Much higher acidity than on a Gewürz, which makes this easy and refreshing. Really nicely made to bring out all the attributes of this variety to give a refreshing yet flavourful white with intensity and surprising length. I can imagine this variety might also be good in a blend as it is quite intense. Not for keeping, though. (Though perhaps I will be proved wrong.) (JH)

2024 ASWA BEST OF CATEGORY/Gold Medal Winner: 2023 Le Meilleur by Briedé Family Vineyards, VA. Made with the hybrid grape La Crescent – and a touch of traminette – is from the Shenandoah Valley AVA. This light and refreshing white is off-dry with clean, fruity flavors of apricot and citrus. Perfect for relaxing with a French-style charcuterie board. “Le Meilleur” = The Best!