DR KONSTANTIN FRANK GRUNER VELTLINER 2024

The Finger Lakes' so-called 'Banana Belt' — the Seneca Lake shore near Hector, where the region's warmest mesoclimate concentrates — is where Dr. Konstantin Frank planted Grüner Veltliner on deep Honeoye silt loam in 2007, a decision informed by Fred Frank's studies at Germany's Geisenheim Institute. The fourth-generation family estate holds New York Sustainable Winegrowing certification, tracing its roots to Dr. Frank's 1958 cold-climate vinifera work on Keuka Lake. Unoaked, it delivers ripe pear, apricot, and stone fruit, with the variety's signature white pepper lift carrying through the finish.