Trestle 31 · Finger Lakes · 2022
Retail Package - 2022 Trestle 31 Chardonnay, Finger Lakes
A place on the list
Nova and Brian Cadamatre's family estate on Seneca Lake. The 2022 Chardonnay is orchard fruit, tension, and a retail case path that does not require a restaurant account. $26 a bottle, $24 at three cases.
Winery SRP $38 per bottle
One-case minimum unless a bulk break is shown at checkout. Partner price is the JS Selections offer, not a required resale price.
Why this bottle belongs on the list
Two selling points.
Then the market.
A family door on the lakes.
Trestle Thirty One is a Finger Lakes estate first. Nova Cadamatre MW and Brian named it for the railroad trestle above Seneca Lake and tract 31 on the deed. The Chardonnay should taste like the lakes, not like Napa.
Citrus, orchard fruit, a clean case price.
The 2022 is focused, not heavy, with enough texture for roast bird and lake fish. Retail $26 / $312 the case, $24 at three cases. Restaurant $20 lives on the other listing.
The buyer's perspective
What the guest
hears first.
Staff line: Nova Cadamatre MW, Finger Lakes Chardonnay, $26 the bottle. Pour it with roast chicken. Primary fruit is the point.
Winemaker's corner
First U.S. woman winemaker to earn Master of Wine · Finger Lakes
Nova
Cadamatre MW
Nova and Brian Cadamatre met in 2000. Brian's line was, we should start a vineyard — my family in Italy did it, it cannot be that hard. After 15 years of planning they established a vineyard in the Finger Lakes and a tasting room in downtown Geneva, New York.
The name Trestle 31 comes from the railroad trestle that dominates the view from the top of the vineyard on Seneca Lake, and from tract 31 on the deed. Nova's mother, Linda Williams McCune, drew the label. Nova took Viticulture at Cornell, then California, then the MW in 2017 — the first American female winemaker to do it.
She still splits Napa and the Finger Lakes. The 2022s are the current JS Selections offer: Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, Riesling, and Demi-Sec. Family estate. Lakes, not a Napa masquerade.
Seneca Lake
Lakes, not Napa masquerade.
From the top of the vineyard you see the trestle. Tracts of New York land were numbered; 31 was on the deed. That is the whole name.
Finger Lakes Chardonnay in a classic cool year: citrus, orchard fruit, tension. Not a barrel-bomb and not a thin lake white. Built for the glass this year.
This listing is the 12-bottle retail path. The $20 on-premise three-case path is a separate product.
2022 in the glass
Citrus.
Orchard fruit.
Cool-climate snap.
Aromatics of citrus and orchard fruit with a cool-climate snap from the lakes. Palate focused, not heavy, with enough texture for roast bird and lake fish. Family-estate 2022 from Nova and Brian. Drink now through 2028. Light chill, wide glass.
Menu and service
Built for a serious table.
- Roast chicken
- Pan-roasted salmon
- Lake fish, lemon, herbs
Serve in a proper stem. Taste on opening and give the wine air if the structure asks for it.
Staff pairing clip
How to get Gordon Ramsay's perfect roasted whole chicken
The tableside introduction
“Trestle 31 Chardonnay, Nova Cadamatre MW, Finger Lakes. $26 the bottle. Pour it with roast chicken.”
Order the case
Finger Lakes Chardonnay with a clear shelf path.
$26 a bottle, $24 at three cases. Nova Cadamatre MW.
One-case minimum unless a bulk break is shown at checkout. Partner price is the JS Selections offer, not a required resale price.
