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

• Ak Bastau Prima — Arba Wine (V/O Wian AB importer)
• Alsace Grand Cru Froehn Gewurztraminer — Becker
• Bizarro Love Triangle Gewürztraminer — The Vinden Headcase
• Castello della Sala (Antinori) Umbria Muffato della Sala — Umbria
• Clos du Zahnacker — Cave de Ribeauvillé
• Cousins Germains — Les Ouches
• Cousins Germains Pet-Nat Acadie — Chateau Les Ouches
• Furstentum Vieilles Vignes Gewurztraminer — Domaine Paul Blanck
• Ganzeracker Tout un Acre — Achillée
• Gessamí — Gramona
• Gewurztraminer — unknown
• Gewurztraminer — Froehlich
• Gewurztraminer — Cellier de la Weiss
• Gewurztraminer — Birghan
• Gewurztraminer Alsace Grand Cru Schlossberg — Michel Kurtz
• Gewurztraminer Bergheim Réserve — Cave de Ribeauvillé
• Gewurztraminer Collection — Cave de Ribeauvillé
• Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Furstentum Vendanges Tardives — Albert Mann
• Gewurztraminer Mandelberg — Burghart-Spettel
• Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives — Cave de Ribeauvillé