Snooth Talk: Favorite Gewurztraminer?

Wine Talk

: Favorite Gewurztraminer?; Posted by barri0s1872, Apr 16.; So far i think the best gewurztraminer i've had has to be:

Blanck Gewurztraminer Veilles Vignes, Alsace Grand Cru 2001 Furstentum (france)

followed by Hugelheimer (i think that's the right spelling)

i'm a huge fan of gewurztraminer, love the spicy, lychee filled nose, especially when it has a great body to it!! Are there any that you guys have had that one should try or that you liked a lot!?

8 33: Reply by afinta, Apr 16.; I just tasted the Tramin 2007 Nussbaumer Gewurztraminer at VinItaly and was blown away http://www.florencewinemerchants.com/events-tastings/first-thoughts-on-vinitaly-2009.html
If you are an aficionado of the grape you should seek out a bottle of this.

138 27: Reply by barri0s1872, Apr 16.; Thanks, i will try to find this wine. Do you remember how much it went for on the shelf?

8 33: Reply by afinta, Apr 17.; It isn't cheap - I paid around 23 or 24 euro here in Florence. It may be a $30 bottle in the states - or more. Yes I see one price checking Google - $36.04 - wow. The 2006 shows up a lot more for between $30 and $40 -

Ah - here is the 2006 at Wine Library: http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?DCMP=froogle&item=38837 - around $32 on sale. I tasted the 2007 though. This is on their site:

94 Points - Ian Dagata - International Wine Cellar
Pale straw-yellow with a hint of green. Vibrant, highly aromatic nose of rose petal, white peach, minerals, vanilla and spices manages to come across as remarkably restrained and elegant. Fresh and crisp on the palate, with pink grapefruit and tangerine flavors in the forefront, and ginger cookie, white peach and lime mounting on the back. Finishes long and light, with a distinctly floral quality. As I've said before, this is one of the world's most elegant interpretations of the grape, and still my choice as the best gewurztraminer made in Italy today

206 33: Reply by Derek67, Apr 18.; One of the best around is the Navarro Anderson Valley (Dry).

It is dynamite!

1 6: Reply by williamsimpson, Sep 21.; I have been consistently impressed by the lack of cloying fatness and the dry finish of Leon Beyer's 2006 Gewurztraminer, from Eguisheim, Alsace, that make it very refreshing (plus all the happy food attributes that complement spicy food including even chillies). This also all true for a New Zealand Gewurztraminer, again, dry and crisp but with lots of flavour, called Promised Land.

2517 1738: Reply by Gregory Dal Piaz, Sep 21.; Interesting comments.

I am on board with afinta. The Nussbaumer can be brilliant. I find the Gewurts from the Alto Adige decidedly different than many others grown around the world. Better focus, less flash and fat, more complex fruit. And of course considering that Tramin/Termeno is the ancestral home of Gewurtz Traminer, it comes as no surprise.

1 6: Reply by williamsimpson, Sep 22.; Pojer and Sandri (from the Alto adige) used to do a lovely Traminer - which seems to have disappeared from the English market. They were dry complex and moorish white wine vintage after vintage, but I would venture that the Traminer grape is different to the Gewurztraminer used in Alsace - its great grandfather, not prone to the lychee or oily attributes

18 41: Reply by schellbe, Sep 24.; For domestic Gewurz, as well as the Navarro, try the Gundlach-Bundschu. In WA the Francis Tannahil Dragonfly has good body and spicy mouthfeel. From the Finger Lakes, both Standing Stone and Herman J Wiemer have good products. Having tried the cool Anderson Valley whites this summer (Riesling, Gewurz, Sauv. Blanc), they are softer, lower acid than WA, NY. or European whites. Which style you prefer is a matter of personal preference.

Gewurztraminer is one wine that is worth paying more than $8 for inexpensive domestic plonk.