Winery Rooster HillSilver Pencil
White wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Rooster Hill's Silver Pencil.
Discover the grape variety: Xynisteri
Lively, fresh whites to drink young, with a pale golden robe and an airy palate, with signature aromas of citrus (lemon), white flowers, green apple and mineral notes. Also excels as a passito in the mythical Commandaria sweet wine. Essential component of Commandaria (with Mavro), also producing modern dry Cypriot whites. Autochthonous white variety of Cyprus, the most planted on the island.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Silver Pencil from Winery Rooster Hill are 2017, 0
Informations about the Winery Rooster Hill
The Winery Rooster Hill is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in the of Finger Lakes to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Finger Lakes
Quality hub of the American northeast, signature Riesling: dry, lively, mineral whites with notes of green apple, lemon, white peach and wet stone, sharp acidity comparable to the best Germans. Also off-dry and sweet botrytised versions. Precise Chardonnay, fine, fresh Pinot Noir (red fruits), peppery Cabernet Franc. Continental climate tempered by 11 glacial lakes (Cayuga, Seneca).
The wine region of New York
America's 3rd wine state by volume, striking diversity. Finger Lakes the signature: cool-climate Riesling, dry to off-dry, mineral and lively with notes of lime, apple, evolving petrol and white flowers — a US benchmark. Warmer Long Island for peppery Cabernet Franc and supple Merlot. Hudson Valley (Seyval, Vidal).
The word of the wine: Fermentation
The process by which grape juice becomes wine, thanks to the action of yeasts that transform sugar into alcohol.
