Silver Leaf is a new winery on the Leelanau Peninsula in northern Michigan. This bottles retails for $14 through the winery. There's a ton of solid Riesling from this state, let's see how this one holds up...Pink grapefruit and a bit of spiced peach on the nose, with a dash of fresh chamomile.
Nice balance - not much sugar, so the acid balanceds it out without being too overpowering. I get more a floral thing on the palate - orange blossom I'm thinking. Spiced peaches, maybe some apricot thrown in as well.
A bit of that fuzzy spiced peach on the finish, with more orange blossom.
For $11, I quite like this. It's nicely put together, nothing overwhelms, but nothing is out of order.
This wine was consumed and reviewed as part of the Tweet and Taste Michigan Wine on Thursday, October 7, 2010. This was not tasted blind and the bottle was comped - all effort has been made to be as objective and honest as possible.
Score: 87
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