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Sunday, May 1, 2022 - This is quite the (Grand Cru) Gewürztraminer, thick and lush and syrupy, more a Gewürztraminer for people who love Gewürztraminers than any sort of accessible entry point to the varietal, a mega-Gewürztraminer of sorts. The texture is just short of ice wine, and it really needs to be chilled. It wasn't nearly cold enough when I first tasted it and it was just way too syrupy, way too flabby, the sweetness cloying. It remains sweet, but well-chilled it comes into relative (off-dry Riesling-like) balance, nicely structured, still thick but more varietally clear, with characteristic notes of lychee and rose, fruit complexity with guava, pineapple, mango, orange, and lemon-lime, warming ginger and nutmeg, and honey. It works well with suitable food that complements the sweetness, spiciness, florality, and tropical fruitiness (e.g., southeast Asian dishes), but it's even better on its own, almost like a dessert wine (hence also with dessert), if with a drier finish, as it has such great body and depth, not to mention highly impressive length. 90-91.

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