Ravines Wine Cellars

#36 on The Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wines Of 2025

91 points Wine Spectator
Bright Meyer lemon and crisp yellow apple flavors form a plump core, while verbena and quinine notes add zip through the juicy finish. Drink now through 2028.

91 points Vinous
The 2022 Dry Riesling comes from a vintage with a polar vortex in the winter, resulting in a much smaller crop. Those low yields led to great depth of fruit here, accented by leesy saltiness. Sweet peach, apricot, lime zest and an exotic note of guava emerge, braced by measured acidity and notable grip. This bracing Riesling finished at 3 grams per liter of residual sugar. The 2022 is quite good.

For an entry-level wine this is a stunner! Wonderful nose of white peach, lemon blossom and jasmine. So succulent, with excellent ripeness and concentration, but nothing flashy or any hint of opulence. The best thing about the wine is the long, very silky finish. And this is properly dry. Drink or hold.

A winemaker's passion for perfection produced this complex and French-style Pinot Noir: delicate and engaging with ripe cherry and plum, sultry spices, and earthy aromas. No oak barrel aging.


Ravines was created by Morten and Lisa Hallgren in 2000. Morten, a French-trained Oenologist, came to the Finger Lakes from his family?€?s centuries-old estate in the South of France. He and his wife and business partner, Lisa, convinced of the potential for fine wine making in the Finger
Lakes, opened their original tasting room on 17 acres of sloped, shale stone soils nestled
between two deep ravines on Keuka Lake. They focus on making fine, classically-styled wines
that allow for the cool-climate characteristics to be shown without compromise - creating their own
unique expression within the Finger Lakes wine region.

Ravines Chardonnay is made with a process dating back to the Roman times: appasimento. Chardonnay grapes are partially dried in the sun, yielding a wine with lush aromas of pear, fig, citrus and hazelnut. As a cool climate Chardonnay this wine expresses fresh fruit flavors, a distinct mineral tinge, hints of butter and lightly toasted French Oak. - Winemaker notes

Ravines was created by Morten and Lisa Hallgren in 2000. Morten, a French-trained Oenologist, came to the Finger Lakes from his family’s centuries-old estate in the South of France. He and his wife and business partner, Lisa, convinced of the potential for fine wine making in the Finger
Lakes, opened their original tasting room on 17 acres of sloped, shale stone soils nestled
between two deep ravines on Keuka Lake. They focus on making fine, classically-styled wines
that allow for the cool-climate characteristics to be shown without compromise - creating their own
unique expression within the Finger Lakes wine region.