The wine was a very pale yellow, more so than I would’ve expected for what I knew was going to be a powerful wine. And sure enough, the nose was quite powerful. It smelled really good- like pineapple, sweet floral, honey and the super sweet nectarines we’ve been getting the last few weeks in our fruit delivery.As I had expected, the wine was very strong (in a good way!), full-bodied and a bit sweeter than I thought it would have been. According the the winery website its a “dryer style”, but I thought there had to be some residual sugar. I can’t find any info on whether or not that’s the case. I also tasted honey and mango with some floral undertones, maybe the strength of that flavor was fooling me into believing the wine was sweet. I also tasted stones- less like minerals and more like straight up stones. I did think it was a bit hot on the finish, but I’m not experienced enough to know if that was because it truly was a bit unbalanced or because at 14%, this wine had quite a bit more alcohol than what we’ve been drinking lately.
Besides being a good accompaniment to spicy foods (unfortunately Evan’s feeding schedule didn’t allow me to try along with dinner), Gewürztraminer is also said to have strong aromas and flavors of lychee. I read that all the time, but I’ve never actually tried lychee. I need to hunt some down so that I know if this is the case. The new frozen yogurt place in town has lychee flavored yogurt. I’ll have to try it there, especially since Paulette in SF was out of lychee macaroons when we went by yesterday.
The score: ★★★
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