Just Grapes » Gewurztraminer http://www.justgrapeswine.com Let Wine Be Drunk though the Heavens Fall Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:23:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Domaine Weinbach Gewurztraminer Cuvée Théo 2006 http://www.justgrapeswine.com/2009/06/domaine-weinbach-gewurztraminer-cuvee-theo-2006/ http://www.justgrapeswine.com/2009/06/domaine-weinbach-gewurztraminer-cuvee-theo-2006/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Shea http://www.justgrapeswine.com/?p=308 I am no connoisseur of Gewurztaminer, only having been mildly unimpressed by several inexpensive offerings in the past. This wine changed my perceptions of what G-wine can achieve. With this bottle Weinbach suggests to me the underappreciated beauty of Alsatian wine.

Pouring a rich apple yellow in the glass, this smelled like burnt hay, caramel, and grapefruit. The palate was very deep and full and was somewhat like biting into a candy-apple laced with grapefruit jam and drizzled with caramel. The beautiful off-dryness balances the sweetness and acidity to crisply suggest freshness while not sacrificing the intensity of the rich fruit flavours. In the end this is a flexed wine, with a muscled finish. Highly recommended.

Excellent
$65 ($45 on sale) at BCLDB

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