The Dr. Konstantin Frank Rkatsiteli (Finger Lakes, NY) 2016 $17 [Very Good] is a refreshing crisp white wine, with flavors of grapefruit, fruit cocktail and cool green herbs. Fine to drink now, this wine might be more interesting with a bit of bottle age.
Light lemon yellow in color, effusive aromas of grapefruit, fruit cocktail, pineapple, cool minty/herbal notes and spicy shalestone are pure and appealing. Medium bodied, dry, with substantial acidity and a spicy mouth feel, balance is good. Flavors of grapefruit, pineapple, fruit cocktail, cool herbs, and a peppery shalestone component have very good concentration and focus. The finish is quite spicy, well focused, with very good length. Pineapple and fruit cocktail flavors linger. June 2017
