2010 W. Gisselbrecht Gewurztraminer Frankstein

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  9/6/2021 - forceberry wrote: 93 Points

  13% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Luminous, pale golden yellow color with faint greenish highlights. Slightly restrained but also intensely sweet nose with fragrant aromas of honey, some bruised apple, light floral nuances of honeysuckle, a little bit of poached pear, a hint of grapey fruit and a caraway-driven touch of exotic spices. The wine is oily, noticeably spicy and moderately concentrated on the palate with a rather full body and quite intense, off-dry to almost medium-sweet flavors of apple jam, exotic spices, some grapey fruit, light floral notes of honeysuckle and rose petals and a hint of honeydew melon. The rather high acidity lends great sense of focus and intensity to the taste. The finish is quite long and slightly sweetish with rich, focused flavors of honey and apple jam, some steely mineral notes, a little bit of fruit salad, light bitter notes of exotic pungent spices and a hint of ripe grapey fruit.
  
  A terrific, focused and surprisingly structured off-dry to slightly sweetish Gewurztraminer that is starting to show subtle signs of age, yet as a whole comes across as pretty youthful with good potential for further development. Although the wine isn't as exuberant as some of its peers, the wine is aromatically like a textbook example of Alsatian Gewurztraminer and the interplay between the sugary sweetness and the relatively high acidity is exceptional here. A wonderful example of Alsatian Gewurztraminer and a bargain at 13,80€.

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