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Local Reviewers Dub Peconic Bay Blend Best in State

New York Cork Report gives nod to Peconic Bay Winery 2007 Lowerre Family Estate in annual Wines of the Year tasting.

Editors of the popular New York Cork Report taste wines from across the state on a near-daily basis. But only one can be the wine of the year, and this year that nod went to 2007 Lowerre Family Estate, a red blend.

Executive Editor Lenn Thompson said the decision was unanimous.

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In May we had a chance to . Here were our tasting notes:

On the nose, the wine shows a complex panoply of smoke, violet, dark fruits, Bing cherry, red pepper and huge flinty mineral notes. There's plenty of oak, but it's clean and cedary. The longer the wine is open the darker the fruit becomes and the more herbal notes bloom in the glass.

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On the palate, the blend is full of dark fruit with notes of blackberry, coffee, cedar and sweet herbs with a long finish that shows off the coffee, cedar and spice. It's got firm tannins, yet the wine never feels weighty. It has plenty of life, but it's very approachable.

Have you tried this wine? What were your notes?


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