2005 Gewurztraminer has a gold colour with a perfumed nose of lychee fruits and spices. The wine is rich, intense, luscious and the finish is dry and spicy. Textbook Gewurztraminer from Alsace, with a great balance that will age easily 5 years and more.
Gewurztraminer should be drunk with spicy foods from all around the world; From Chinese cuisine to Indian curries, from sushi to fusion cuisine… It is the only wine able to stand up to spices. One should drink Gewurztraminer with strong cheeses as well, like our local Munster cheese or Epoisse, Liverot…. as well as blue cheeses like Roquefort, Fourme d’Ambert and Stilton. “Scented, fragrant, quite pungent with lychee and hay. Quite dry, flavoursome, with a good palate, length and acidity”, Richard Bampfield MW.
