2016 Dowsett Family Gewürztraminer Celilo Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 93.7 points

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  6/22/2023 - goodvitis.com Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Holy florals, Batman! This thing quaffs and spews dried flowers and perfume, and deliciously so. Aromas include white and orange dried flowers, rose petal, apricot, white peach, honeysuckle, and orange blossom. It's full bodied with beautifully precise acid that elevates the physical experience. The balance is spot-on and the mouthfeel is delineated and piercing. Flavors include dried apricot and pear, fleshy white peach, honeysuckle, loads of orchids and yellow rose petal and citrus blossom, and ginger powder. Appropriate level of sweetness, likely a small amount of residual sugar. This is aged brilliantly and is full-throttled right now, pure pleasure with impressive complexity.

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  4/14/2023 - Wine-is-Art Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Outstanding example of a USA domestic Gewurztraminer. Shades of Alsace, more in the Trimbach style than the riper examples like Zind-Humbrecht. Bright, spicy floral qualities on the nose and palate. Full & rich, with a clean, dry finish. I am always delighted to find a wine of outstanding quality that comes from a region not known for that variety. Drinking perfectly now, but good balance will hold it for a few more years.

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  12/27/2019 - hiker_guy Likes this wine:

  This was just lovely. Complex, crisp, aromatic. I found nothing amiss and lots to appreciate.
  Would buy again.

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  12/27/2019 - goodvitis.com Likes this wine: 93 Points

  The flagrant nose hits one upside the head with beautiful aromas of cantaloupe, sweet pineapple, Mexican rice pudding, mushed banana and wet pavement. It's a lush medium body with beautiful acid that adds just a bit of textural grip. Flavors include cantaloupe, quince, lime zest, slate minerality, orchid and ginger. This is a beautiful wine that fills the mouth with flavors that live long into the finish.

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