Gewürztraminer

Question 1

1. Cool C: Fl
2. Mod C: Ly
3. Other:
   
   1. Ripe/Late H =
   2. Bottle Age: Meat + Sp
4. Notes:

• Rarely O
• Intense P
• Pink grapes =
• Traminer - IT origin

Answer 1

1. Cool Climate: Floral (Rose), Lychee, grape, full-body, med/hi alcohol, med acidity, dry, medium or sweet
2. Moderate Climate: Lychee, tropical fruit hi alcohol, full-body, med/low acidity
3. Other flavours:
   
   1. Ripeness/Late Harvest, sweet spice, raisin, botrytis.
   2. Bottle Age: Meat/savoury, spice (ginger)
4. Notes:

• Rarely oaked (can be vinified in large, neutral oak)
• Intensely perfumed
• Pink grapes can give wine a copper hue
• Traminer is an older, less perfumed Italian variety from which Gewürtz emerged.

Question 2

Blends:

1. Rarely B, can contribute

Attributes:

1. Positives: Characteristic Int P
2. Neg: Fl Ripeness at mod A levels, low Y

Answer 2

Blends

1. Rarely blended, can contirubute fruit to a multi-varietal blend, and can be blended with other aromatic varieties (Muscat, Riesling)

Attributes:

1. Positives: Characteristic intense perfume
2. Negatives: hard to achieve flavour ripeness at moderate alcohol levels and low yields