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Wine Details
Price:
$20.00 per bottle
Description:
The grapes for this wine come primarily from the Lancaster vineyard, the McGraw Estate vineyard and King Street vineyard on the Naramata Bench, and the Spagnuolo vineyard and the Intile vineyard located in Penticton. The grapes were hand picked between October 8 and October 17, 2005 at approximately 23.7 brix. A portion of this wine has been barrel fermented in older French oak and was allowed to go through malolactic fermentation before being blended with wine that was fermented in stainless steel tanks. Made in an Alsatian style, the wine shows classic varietal aromas of pink grapefruit, and lychee nut with rich weight and body.
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Varietal Definition
Traminer:
Parent grape of the popular Gewurztraminer clone. Still grown in France and in California but almost everywhere has been replaced by its much more intense and spicy offspring clone.
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Gewürztraminer:
Cultivated for over a thousand years, this white-wine grape (sometimes referred to simply as Traminer) is thought to have originated in the village of Tramin (or Temeno) in Italy’s Alto Adige region. Gewürztraminer grapes are planted in Alsace, a French region between Germany and France that specializes in excellent dry Gerwürztraminer wines. They’re also cultivated in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Rumania, Czechoslovakia, and Ukraine. Because they perform better in cooler climates, Gewürztraminer grapes have not done well in many of California’s warmer growing regions. However, they thrive in cooler California areas such as Carneros, Anderson Valley, and Monterey County, as well as in parts of Oregon and Washington. The German word ‘gewürz’ means ‘spiced,’ and these wines are known for their crisp, spicy attributes. They’re highly fragrant, with flavor characteristics of litchis, roses, and spices such as cloves and nutmeg. Gewürztraminer wines are available in varying degrees of sweetness -- dry, medium-sweet, and late harvest. Because of the grape’s pinkish (sometimes yellow) pigment, Gewürztraminer wines are some of the more deeply colored of the whites, many have gold or peach tones. The distinctive color and aroma of these wines make them easily recognizable by those familiar with this varietal wine.
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