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REVIEW: Maple Springs Vineyard 2018 Albarino

Item: REVIEW: Maple Springs Vineyard 2018 Albarino
Rating: 87
Author: Lenn Thompson

By Lenn Thompson on October 21, 2019 0 Comments

Producer: Maple Springs Vineyard
Region: Pennsylvania
Grapes: Albarino
ABV: 13%
Price: Wine-Club Only*

* Review sample provided by the winery

Maple Springs Vineyard 2018 Albarino

87 points

Small production (60 cases) from a new-to-me winery in Pennsylvania. Nose is ripe with peach and musk melon and just a little saline minerality. Brisk, almost too brisk, palate is more citrus-driven with lemon and white grapefruit taking center stage. Finish is medium-length with just a bit more melon. I love acidity, but this one is borderline shrill until it warms almost to room temperature.

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.