The wine region of Finger Lakes is located in the region of New York of United States. We currently count 165 estates and châteaux in the of Finger Lakes, producing 1354 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Finger Lakes go well with generally quite well with dishes .
Intraspecific crossing between the saint laurent and the limberger realized in 1922 and in Austria by Fritz Zweigelt (1888/1964) who named it rotburger. Very well known in Austria, it can be found in most Eastern countries, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, the United States, etc. In France, it is not very well known and yet this variety has interesting qualities when vinified as a single variety for both red and rosé wines. - Synonyms: rotburger, klosterneuburger, zweigelt blau, blauer-zweigelt in Germany, zweigeltrebe in Austria, Great Britain and the Czech Republic, blauer zwelgetrabe in Hungary, etc. (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here !)
red wines from the region of Finger Lakes go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of venison leg in casserole, chicken ballotine with ham and mushrooms or rabbit with cider and mushrooms.
On the nose in the region of Finger Lakes often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, earth or non oak. In the mouth in the region of Finger Lakes is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
