The Gallery – Gewurztraminer
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Whether in a theatre gallery or art gallery, it’s a place where one’s senses are aroused. A flamboyant variety like Gewürztraminer also makes an emphatic appeal to the senses with its exotic and perfumed bouquet and lingering finish. |
2010 Vintage (We regret this vintage is now sold out)
Download 2010 PDF Tasting Notes “With a fragrant and expressive nose of rose petal, lychee and pink grapefruit, the palate of this off-dry style is gentle and fine with lingering hints of nougat and spice.” Olly Masters – Winemaker Vintage Notes Spring was mild in Central Otago with winds that lasted right through until mid-January. After a challenging start, temperatures rose and it ended up being one of the best seasons with a hot dry summer staying warm right through into early Autumn. The canopy was small but open and well balanced with a good fruit set. The bunches and berries were also small enabling concentrated flavours and excellent quality. The Gewürztraminer was hand picked on the 13th April, a week earlier than the previous year, at a yield of 3.7 tonnes per hectare. (When walking through the vineyard and tasting grapes as they ripen, the highlight is always the Gewürztraminer – absolutely spectacular flavours!) Food Match Gewürztraminer is an extremely food-friendly wine that’s perfect with spicy food (Thai, Indian, and Mexican) as well as rich German-style schnitzel and sausages. It is also a particularly good match with pungent and soft cheeses, (oily) wild game, foie gras, and smoked salmon. Details
Winemaking As Gewürztraminer is both about texture and its unique varietal aromas we used a combination of tank and barrel ferment to capture the best expression of this wine. A small proportion (12%) was warm fermented with indigenous yeast in older oak barrels and the remainder inoculated and cool fermented in stainless steel. Misha’s Vineyard is located on one of the most spectacular sites in New Zealand at the edge of Lake Dunstan in the Bendigo sub-region of Central Otago. The sun drenched north-west facing terraces of the 57 hectare estate provide the optimal conditions for producing world-class Pinot Noir and a range of aromatic white varieties. 2009 Vintage (We regret this vintage is now sold out) 2008 Vintage (We regret this vintage is now sold out) |
