Gewürztraminer

**Gewürztraminer** is a pink-skinned white grape whose roots trace to the village of Tramin in Italy's Alto Adige, a mutation of the older Traminer family. Its name literally means "spiced Traminer," a fitting label for one of the most instantly recognisable of all white wines. **In the glass** — richly perfumed with lychee, rose petal, ginger and exotic spice, it is typically full-bodied, low in acidity and deep golden in colour, with an oily texture and styles running from dry to lusciously sweet. **Where it grows** — Alsace in France is its most celebrated home, alongside its Alto Adige birthplace; it also thrives in Germany, Austria, New Zealand and cooler pockets of North America. **At the table** — a classic foil for spicy Asian dishes, and superb with pungent cheeses like Munster and with foie gras. **Cellaring** — dry versions drink well young but can hold several years, while sweet late-harvest bottlings age beautifully for decades.

Wines

• 45 Rugientes Corte de Blancas — Otronia
• Ak Bastau Prima — Arba Wine
• Alsace — Pfaff
• Alsace Grand Cru Froehn Gewurztraminer — Becker
• Altenberg de Bergheim Grand Cru — Cave de Ribeauvillé
• Altenberg de Bergheim Grand Cru — Marcel Deiss
• Bizarro Love Triangle Gewürztraminer — The Vinden Headcase
• Classic Gewurztraminer — Famille Hugel
• Clos du Zahnacker — Cave de Ribeauvillé
• Cousins Germains — Chateau Les Ouches
• Cuvée Espérance — Alexandre Arbogast
• Fidji — O2Y
• Fleur de Lotus — Josmeyer
• Furstentum Grand Cru — Domaine Paul Blanck
• Furstentum Vieilles Vignes Gewurztraminer — Domaine Paul Blanck
• Ganzeracker Tout un Acre — Achillée
• Gessamí — Gramona
• Gewurztraminer — Unknown
• Gewurztraminer — Froehlich
• Gewurztraminer — Cellier de la Weiss