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REVIEW: Walloon Lake Winery 2017 “Wildwood White” La Crescent

Item: REVIEW: Walloon Lake Winery 2017 “Wildwood White” La Crescent
Rating: 89
Author: Lenn Thompson

By Lenn Thompson on March 12, 2019 0 Comments

Producer: Walloon Lake Winery
Region: Tip of the Mitt AVA
ABV: 12%
Price: $18*

* Review sample provided by the winery

Walloon Lake Winery 2017 "Wildwood White" La Crescent

89 points

This sunny, summery white smells like white grapefruit and fresh-cut melon and lillies.

Snappy and crunchy with amble acidity, the palate features focused citrus and honeydew flavors. Mouth-watering and edging on tart, there is some residual here, but it feels bone dry.

I kept coming back to this wine over the course of an evening with friends and I liked it more and more with each taste.

About Author

Lenn Thompson

Lenn Thompson, a proud Pittsburgh, PA native, moved to Long Island more than a decade ago and quickly fell in love with the region’s dynamic and emerging wine community. A digital and content marketing and community professional by day, he founded NewYorkCorkReport.com in early 2004 to share his passion for the wines, beers and spirits of New York State. After running that site -- which became the premier source for independent New York wine commentary, reviews and news -- for 12 years, he launched TheCorkReport.us in late 2016 to add the wines of Virginia, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Vermont and beyond to his beat. Lenn currently serves as the wine columnist for The Suffolk Times weekly newspaper and is the former editor of the Long Island Wine Gazette. He contributes or has contributed to publications like Wine Enthusiast Magazine, Beverage Media, Edible Brooklyn, Edible East End and Edible Hudson Valley. Lenn served on the board of directors for Drink Local Wine, and is the creator and founder of TasteCamp, an annual regional wine immersion conference for writers and trade. An admitted riesling and cabernet franc fanatic, he’s intensely passionate about eating local and the many local wine regions of America. Lenn lives in Miller Place, NY with his wife Nena, son Jackson, daughter Anna and their dog, Casey Lemieux Thompson.