Winery: Good Harbor
Brand/Type: Trillium – Dry table white
Vintage: 2005
Country: USA
Region: Leelanau Peninsula, Michigan
Alcohol content: 11.5%
Closure: Natural Cork
Appearance: Pale blonde, almost clear
Aroma/Bouquet: Light, mild apricot-ish
Good Harbor Vineyards produces a nice variety of wines of which encompasses a broad spectrum of varieties. Trillium is described by Good Harbor as being their semi-dry white table wine. Good Harbor claims to use a blend of blend of Riesling, Vignoles and Seyval grapes in making this blended wine. I would place this wine somewhere between a Vouvray and a non-Oaked Chardonnay. Very drinkable alone and well matched with Italian or Asian cuisine. One could probably find a good match with a blackened tuna or garlic shrimp as well.
Trillium has a slight apricot to dandelion bouquet. Again almost resembling a non-oaked chardonnay but far more complex. In some ways it has an initial Vouvray taste but it tends to lean more toward a Spanish white in bite. Good Harbor has indeed created a complex white that is quite a treat and well worth seeking out. And like most Michigan wines, you won’t go broke either.