The Wines of Bel Lago

Dry White Wines

Pinot Grigio. 750 ML
Stainless steel fermented, sur lie aged for 6 months. Fresh citrus, pear, and yeast aromas. Rich Italian style. Crisp and clean on the palate, perfect with seafood.

Pinot Grigio & Chardonnay. 750 ML
A flavorful blend of stainless steel fermented, sur lie aged Pinot Grigio (75%) and barrel fermented Chardonnay (25%). Flavor synergy that brings out the best of both varieties. A versatile wine.

Auxerrois. 750 ML
A lovely wine, made from Alsacian variety Auxerrois, sur lie aged, 20% barrel fermented. Fruit flavors, with apple and lemony aromas smooth and clean on the palate with subtle hints of oak. A delicious dry white wine. Fabulous with grilled salmon.

Chardonnay. 750 ML
Elegant fruit mingled with fine vanilla and toasty oak aromas. Tropical fruit notes in a creamy finish. Barrel fermented, sur lie aged in French and American Oak. Outstanding!

Leelanau Conservancy
Crystal River Cuvee. 750 ML
A blend of Chardonnay, Auxerrois, Vignoles, and other select grape varieties, 50% barrel fremented. Complex, mouth-filling pear, peach, pineapple, and citrus notes, with a touch of toasty oak. Wonderful, long, lingering finish.

Semi-dry White Wines

Pinot Gris. 750 ML
Aged in French oak barrels to focus the fine flavors. Soft peach, pear, and honey favors with a hint of vanilla. Excellent with pork and seafood.

Leelanau Primavera NV. 750 ML
Crisp, fresh aromas of apple, pear and citrus make this a remarkably pleasant, easy-drinking wine. Our most popular white wine.

Gewurztraminer. 750 ML
Alsacian-style, a rich, full-bodied Gewurztraminer. Delightful fruit flavors, lychee and rose petals with ample amounts of spice in a wonderful, lingering finish. A cool climate classic. Rich and full-bodied.

Red Wines

Pinot Noir. 750 ML
Pretty Pinot fruit flavors with complex cherry, bery aromas, and spice notes. Exotic French oak aromas, vanilla, and earthy notes with a long, rewarding finish.

Bel Lago Red NV.. 750ML
Black fruit and cherry flavors, toasty oak, vanilla, smoke and spice with a long finish. Great with pasta, red sauce, or beef. Cabernet franc, Merlot, and other selected varieties.

Tempesta. 750 ML. Paid tasting
Cabernet franc and other selected red varieties aged in American oak. A big, complex red, rich and flavorful with a great, lingering finish. Excellent. Bel Lago's premier dry red wine.

Sandra Silfven of the Detroit News Wine Column had this to say:
"Tasting through a bunch of Bel Lago’s wines recently, I was also surprised by the depth of color and flavors of the 2002 Tempesta, Edson’s premium red wine, a blend dominated by lovely, ripe Cabernet Franc and fleshed out with a variety of other reds to – in Edson’s words – “add spice” to the flavors. I actually tasted it one evening, next to a Sangiovese-based red from a top producer in Italy, which was bland in character next to the Tempesta"

Methode Champenoise Sparkling Wines

BRUT Sparkling Wine. 750 ML
Tiny bubbles to tickle your tongue and fancy. Beautiful pear, apple, and toasty nut bread aromas, with a creamy mousse. Chardonnay, Pinot noir, Pinot meniuer, Pinot gris, and Pinot blanc. Dry sparking wine.

Brillante Sparkling Wine NV. 750 ML
Loads of fresh fruit and citrus flavors explode in a delightful mouth-full of fun. Made in an Italian Asti-style. Semi-dry wine.

Sweet Dessert Style Wines

Riesling 2002. 375 ML
A dessert Riesling made from beautifully ripe fruit harvested in late October. Sun-ripe peach, pear, and apple flavors. Crisp acidity balanced with sweetness.

Pinot Grigio Ice Wine. 375 ML. Limited. Paid tasting.
Rich and Elegant...a rare beauty! Made from grapes frozen on the vine. An incredible breadth of fruit flavors. Exquisite apricot, honey, peach, and pear flavors. Incredible! Sweet white dessert wine. Sweet.

Cherry Wines

Cherry Primavera NV. 750ML
Fresh spicy cherry, apple, and citrus aromas. A blend of 20% tart cherry wine and 80% white grape wine. A beatufitul blush color with a cherry-red hue. A semi-dry wine.

Cherry Wine. 750 ML
A flavorful blend of the Hungarian tart cherry varieties Danube and Balaton and the Heirloom French variety Montmorency, all grown on Leelanau Peninsula. Sweet Cherry wine. Read the Detroit News review: "Bel Lago reinvents cherry wine"

Cherry Port NV. 500 ML
A rich blend of the Hungarian tart cherry varieties Danube™ and Balaton® and the Heirloom French variety Montmorency. Fortified with cherry spirits. Sweet dessert wine. Sweet. 19% Alcohol.