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2003 Kent Rasmussen Gewürztraminer Late Harvest
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Winery says:
Grape Source: Russian River
Brix at Harvest: 31.1 degrees
Aging: 7 months in barrel
Bottling Date: June 7, 2004
Production: 794 cases (12x375ml)
Chemistry at Bottling:
-pH: 3.64
-Total Acidity: 5.8 grams/liter
-Alcohol: 10.25%
-Free Sulfur Dioxide: 30 parts per million
-Total Sulfur Dioxide: 150 parts per million
-Residual Sugar: 14.0 grams/liter
-Volatile Acidity: .89grams/liter
'Late Harvest' doesn't just mean 'sweet'; it also means that the grapes were infected with the 'Noble Rot', Botrytis cinerea. This rot, which grows in its 'noble' form only under certain conditions of humidity and temperature, rarely occurs in California. But when it does, wine made from grapes infected with it make the most wonderful wines in the world. This Gewurztraminer is a beauty - it has all the spicy charm of the ideoscratic and somewhat esoteric Gewurztraminer grape layered into and around the incredible earthy and organic characters of the Botrytis rot. Have this wine for dessert, not with dessert!
Grape Source: Russian River
Brix at Harvest: 31.1 degrees
Aging: 7 months in barrel
Bottling Date: June 7, 2004
Production: 794 cases (12x375ml)
Chemistry at Bottling:
-pH: 3.64
-Total Acidity: 5.8 grams/liter
-Alcohol: 10.25%
-Free Sulfur Dioxide: 30 parts per million
-Total Sulfur Dioxide: 150 parts per million
-Residual Sugar: 14.0 grams/liter
-Volatile Acidity: .89grams/liter
'Late Harvest' doesn't just mean 'sweet'; it also means that the grapes were infected with the 'Noble Rot', Botrytis cinerea. This rot, which grows in its 'noble' form only under certain conditions of humidity and temperature, rarely occurs in California. But when it does, wine made from grapes infected with it make the most wonderful wines in the world. This Gewurztraminer is a beauty - it has all the spicy charm of the ideoscratic and somewhat esoteric Gewurztraminer grape layered into and around the incredible earthy and organic characters of the Botrytis rot. Have this wine for dessert, not with dessert!