| Rating | 95 |
| Style | White |
| Blend | Pinot Gris / Grigio, Muscat / Moscato |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Appellation |
Maryland USA |
| ABV | 12% |
| Price | $36.00 Value Pick |
| Print Shelf Talker | |
| Reviewed By | |
| Reviewed | 2025-08-20 |
Perfect For
Dinner Parties, Drinking Outside the Lines, Wine Geeks
Drink If You Like
Gewürztraminer, Muscat / Moscato , Pinot Blanc
Old Westminster Winery Terracotta 2023 Review
At Maryland’s pioneering Old Westminster Winery, winemaker Lisa Hinton experiments with several expressions of skin-contact wine, including this stunning Terracotta bottling. The wine is 90 percent Pinot Blanc, which undergoes 21 days of skin maceration in amphora and the remaining 10 percent is direct-press Muscat. Both wines were aged on the lees for 10 months before bottling. The result is an elegant wine with notes of honey, grapefruit, fennel, anise, and clotted cream. The palate is expertly balanced between lively acidity, vibrant fruit, and a touch of tannin.
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