Some places borrow beauty; others permanently capture it. This rarely offered 65+/- acre estate rises above Cayuga Lake with a vantage that feels mythical. Sun paints a shifting canvas, illuminating the timber frame home raised by artisan hands.The 2383+/- sq ft residence by New Energy Works blends stewardship and amenity. Hewn from Eastern White Pine, its frame recalls an older covenant with the land: mortise to tenon, pegged by hand. Reclaimed floors by Pioneer Millworks—pine, maple, cherry—carry the warmth of prior lives. In the great room, above the soapstone woodstove, a fieldstone fireplace towers, each stone gathered by the owner and his sons from nearby vineyards and farms, then set with Old World care. At its center, a heart-shaped stone gifted by his wife rests as symbol and anchor. Attention to details and space build exuberance across exceptional details contained within the granite countertops, custom cherry kitchen cabinetry and bookcases, radiant heat, and wide-breathing premium-quality Kolbe & Kolbe windows that complete the composition. Estates of this scale and grace are vanishingly rare along Cayuga’s storied shores.The land is no less deliberate: meadows roll into hardwood stands of oak, maple and pine, stitched with streams that wander toward a woodlot where a waterfall plunges fifty-five feet into dappled light. Orchards of Gold Rush apples and peaches grow within black locust fencing—their roots a gift from neighboring Red Jacket Orchards—while gardens and blueberries extend the harvest. Here, cultivation and wilderness are partners, joined in a rhythm that rewards stillness and stewardship.
Beyond the gate lies culture without compromise: the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail curves just steps away, with wineries and restaurants nearby. The estate achieves what few properties can: a life lived in harmony with nature without surrendering modernity. To encounter land and home so seamlessly joined is to recognize rarity not as indulgence, but as inheritance. This is more than acreage, more than architecture: a legacy inscribed in timber and stone, in sunrise and waterfall—a sanctuary where craftsmanship meets the eternal patience of the land.
