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Gewurztraminer 2020 - Vendanges Tardives Moenschreben - Doux / Sweet

Grape variety:

Gewurztraminer

 Appellation Vendanges Tardives :

Vendanges Tardives (or Late Harvest) is made of overripe grapes. The natur sugar content shall be above 16 % natural alcohol potential. AOC approval tasting is rigourously done in order to insure his excellence.

Parcels situation:

Plots from Rorschwihr called Moenchreben. 

Vineyard work:

This exploitation is led according to the mode of the Organic Agriculture - controlled by ECOCERT - FR-BIO-01.
Organic wine.

Tasting:

- Colour : Goldy, honey color, very brilliant, presence of generous and syrupy tears.
- Aroma : Very intense, complexe : Floral (jasmine, violet), Empyreumatic (smoked, burnt sarmnet), spicy with shy butter notes, Fruity (quince, peach, lychee, guava…), aroma of overripeness (honey, beeswax). 
- Mouth taste : soft attack, creamy mouth, wonderfull freshness even its nice sweetness, good concentration, powerfull flavor of candied fruit and passion fruit. 
- Caracteristics of wine : Wine of great nobility… To be known !

Colour Gold yellow, with orange reflection, nice brilliance.

Aromas Intensive and open nose. Full exotic fruits expression. Typical nose of lychees and rose mixed with dried fruits or Corynthians grapes. Trying to explain complexity : Overripe banana, almond past and smoked aromas.

Mouth taste Fruity and fresh first impression, important savour and bouquet of exotic fruits (agrums like orange skin, like dried citrus). Remarkable balance between sweetness and freshness : we cannot feel the 82 g/l resting sugar ! Intensive liquorice, overripe fruit and quince jam bouquet.

 

Wine and food harmony

Often shared with goose lever or calf’s sweetbread. The best is with dessert like plum tart with cinnamon, hot Tatin tart, exotic fruit sorbet, …              

Advices:

- Wine and food harmony : good to be associated, its richness will be be very appreciated. Its freshness will pair wonderfully with pan-fried goose liver ... Its sweets character will pair well with dessert (desserts with tangy fruit for example). 
- Service temperature : 8°
- Ageing : 15 ans