Subtle, Sumptuous Gewurztraminer - Wine & Spirits Magazine

Subtle, Sumptuous Gewurztraminer


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If you rearrange the letters of gewurztraminer, you can come close to spelling “aggressive.” And if you open a bottle of most contemporary New World examples of the variety, you’ll find a wine that’s aggressively perfumed, maybe tannic, likely pungent and possibly all three.

Other than sometimes enjoying its…

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This story appears in the print issue of Fall 2018.
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