Skillogalee Clare Valley Gewurztraminer 2022
Posted: March 7, 2023
A pretty perfumed lift to the nose with a Turkish Delight-like flavour profile.
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Loveblock Marlborough Gewurztraminer 2021
Posted: November 2, 2022
This fresh, invitingly perfumed wine was estate-grown in the lower Awatere Valley. Bright, light lemon/green, it is medium-bodied, with strong, vibrant, peachy, spicy flavours, slight sweetness, moderate acidity and a very smooth, harmonious finish. $27
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Ataahua Late Harvest Waipara Gewurztraminer 2020
Posted: September 3, 2022
Full of personality, this golden wine was harvested in May with raisining and a 20% ‘noble rot’ infection. Fermented in old oak barrels, it is weighty, concentrated and complex, with sweet, peachy, spicy, gently honeyed flavours, showing a slightly oily…
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Tamburlaine Organic Wines Wine Lovers Orange Gewurztraminer 2022
Posted: September 3, 2022
Super lifted and very pretty Turkish Delight bouquet with lots of high-toned candied fruit flavours. Nice palate length.
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Nepenthe Pinnacle Adelaide Hills Gewurztraminer 2021
Posted: September 3, 2022
A pretty nose all floral and crystallized ginger with tropical elements. Quite a sweet Turkish Delight-like palate with slightly oily texture that marries well with the acidity.
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Skillogalee Clare Valley Gewurztraminer 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
Musky perfumed bouquet and good persistence of fresh spicy flavours on the nicely structured palate.
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Askerne Hawke’s Bay Gewurztraminer 2021
Posted: May 12, 2022
Fresh, youthful and intensely varietal, this richly perfumed wine was aged on its yeast lees for six months. Bright, light lemon/green, it is softly mouthfilling, with concentrated lychee and peach flavours, hints of ginger and spices, and an off-dry, well-rounded…
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Askerne Reserve Hawke’s Bay Gewurztraminer 2021
Posted: May 12, 2022
This classy wine is sturdy, with deep, peachy, spicy flavours, showing impressive delicacy and concentration, a slightly oily texture, and a gently sweet, well-spiced, lasting finish. Still youthful, but already delicious, it’s a drink now or cellaring proposition. $30
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Loveblock Marlborough Gewurztraminer 2021
Posted: April 14, 2022
Instantly appealing, this invitingly perfumed, smooth wine was estate-grown in the lower Awatere Valley. Fresh and medium-bodied, it is strongly varietal, with lively, delicate, peachy, spicy flavours and an off-dry, very harmonious finish. $23
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Ataahua Late Harvest Waipara Gewurztraminer 2020
Posted: December 3, 2021
This distinctive, delicious North Canterbury wine was made from late-picked, raisined berries, with 10% ‘noble rot’ infection, and slow-fermented in seasoned oak barrels. Golden, with a perfumed, spicy, gently honeyed bouquet, it is weighty, with fresh acidity and rich, peachy,…
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Blackenbrook Family Reserve Nelson Gewurztraminer 2019
Posted: December 3, 2021
Still very youthful, this softly mouthfilling wine was estate-grown and hand-picked. Bright, light lemon/green, it is weighty and fleshy, with strong, vibrant pear, lychee and spice flavours, gentle sweetness and a touch of tannin. Best drinking mid-2022+. $32
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Ataahua Waipara Gewurztraminer 2019
Posted: December 3, 2021
This estate-grown, richly varietal North Canterbury wine was partly oak-aged. Bright, light lemon/green, it is enticingly perfumed and weighty, with strong, ripe peach, lychee and spice flavours, showing a distinct touch of complexity, and a dryish, well-rounded finish. $28
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Matawhero Single Vineyard Gisborne Gewurztraminer 2020
Posted: December 2, 2021
Attractively perfumed, this clearly varietal wine is already drinking well. Fresh and full-bodied, it has very good depth of lychee and spice flavours, a hint of ginger, and a dryish finish. Best drinking 2023. $23 (A)
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Pegasus Bay Waipara Valley North Canterbury Gewurztraminer 2019
Posted: December 2, 2021
Full of personality, this softly mouthfilling wine was fermented and matured for six months in old oak puncheons. Light lemon/green, it is perfumed, sturdy and rich, with deep lychee, pear and spice flavours, gentle sweetness, a slightly oily texture and…
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Askerne Hawke’s Bay Gewurztraminer 2020
Posted: December 2, 2021
Attractively perfumed and weighty, this fleshy, strongly varietal wine is youthful and vibrantly fruity, with rich, peachy, well-spiced flavours and an off-dry, lengthy finish. $25 (UK)
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Famille Hugel Classic Alsace France Gewurztraminer 2016
Posted: December 2, 2021
Still a very youthful, super fragrant, wine. Lychees and citrus blossom aromas and an attractive sweet spicy tropical fruit palate with good acid line.
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Loveblock Marlborough Gewurztraminer 2020
Posted: December 2, 2021
Enjoyable young, this attractively perfumed wine was estate-grown in the lower Awatere Valley. Pale lemon/green, it is medium-bodied, with soft, gently sweet peach, pear, lychee and spice flavours, showing very good delicacy and depth. $22
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Saint Clair Godfrey’s Creek Reserve Marlborough Gewurztraminer 2020
Posted: December 2, 2021
Grown in the lower Brancott Valley, this exotically perfumed, mouthfilling wine has rich, ripe flavours of peaches, lychees and spices, with a fresh, off-dry finish. Still very youthful, it should be at its best 2022+. $35
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Lawson’s Dry Hills The Pioneer Marlborough Gewurztraminer 2019
Posted: December 2, 2021
Showing unusual complexity for gewürztraminer, this estate-grown wine was harvested from mature, 20 to 40 year-old vines, and fermented with indigenous yeasts in seasoned French oak barriques. Bright, light lemon/green, with a youthful, highly perfumed bouquet, it is notably concentrated,…
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Askerne Late Harvest Hawke’s Bay Gewurztraminer 2019
Posted: November 30, 2021
Already delicious, this gold/amber wine has an inviting, honeyed fragrance. Weighty and rich, it has highly concentrated, peachy, spicy flavours, enriched but not swamped by botrytis, finely balanced acidity, an oily texture and a sweet, seductively smooth finish $24 (375ml)
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Mission Estate Hawke’s Bay Gewurztraminer 2020
Posted: November 30, 2021
Enjoyable young, this weighty, softly textured wine has a perfumed bouquet and moderately rich stonefruit and spice flavours, slightly sweet and smooth. Good value. $16
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Askerne Reserve Hawke’s Bay Gewurztraminer 2019
Posted: November 30, 2021
Exotically perfumed, this powerful, very youthful wine was handled entirely in tanks. Bright, light lemon/green, it is a mouthfilling, distinctly medium style, with strong, finely balanced peach, pear and spice flavours and a lengthy, well-spiced finish. Best drinking 2022+. $30
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Askerne Hawke’s Bay Gewurztraminer 2019
Posted: November 30, 2021
Delicious young, this light lemon/green wine is an off-dry style, perfumed and mouthfilling, with peach, lychee and spice flavours, fresh and rich, a hint of ginger, gentle acidity and a long, spicy, well-rounded finish. $24
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Lawson’s Dry Hills Marlborough Gewurztraminer 2018
Posted: November 30, 2021
Still unfolding, this is a perfumed, weighty wine. It has vibrant pear, lychee and spice flavours, a touch of barrel-ferment complexity, fractional sweetness, and very good delicacy, harmony and length. Best drinking mid-2021+. $26 (A, UK, US)
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Stonecroft Old Vine Gimblett Gravels Hawke’s Bay Gewurztraminer 2019
Posted: November 30, 2021
Exotically perfumed, this is a very rare wine – only 30 cases were produced. Straw-hued, with a hint of gold, it is powerful (15% alc/vol), with highly concentrated, youthful, peachy, deeply spicy flavours, hints of apricot and ginger, gentle acidity…
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Centennial Vineyards House Block Southern Highlands, NSW Gewurztraminer 2019
Posted: November 30, 2021
Gorgeous lifted sweet and spicy floral fruit driven wine that has great length and seamless balance.
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Castelli Empirica Great Southern Gewurztraminer 2018
Posted: November 30, 2021
Intense musky/lychee bouquet and subtle spiciness on the flowery palate.
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Ataahua Waipara Gewurztraminer 2019
Posted: November 30, 2021
Highly perfumed, this fresh, weighty, youthful wine was tank-fermented and briefly lees-aged. Made in a dryish style, it has concentrated, ripe peach, lychee and spice flavours, a hint of ginger, a touch of complexity, and lovely depth and harmony. Best…
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Dry River Lovat Vineyard Martinborough Gewurztraminer 2018
Posted: April 24, 2020
Highly perfumed, this voluptuous, youthful wine was partly (30%) barrel-fermented. Already very expressive, it is powerful and sturdy, with rich, ripe stonefruit and spice flavours, a hint of ginger, gentle sweetness and a very harmonious finish. Drink now or cellar….
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Topper’s Mountain New England Gewurztraminer 2017
Posted: April 24, 2020
A stunning standout varietal statement on the highly perfumed nose and interesting spiciness to the warm palate.
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Loveblock Marlborough Gewurztraminer 2018
Posted: April 8, 2020
Perfumed, rich wine, estate-grown in the lower Awatere Valley. Full-bodied and intensely varietal, with concentrated, ripe, peachy, spicy flavours, gentle sweetness, a slightly oily texture and a fresh, long finish. Fine value. $22
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Glandore Estate Regional Hunter Valley Gewurztraminer 2019
Posted: January 11, 2020
Lovely perfumed rose petal fragrances with muscat-like confectionery characters and flavours of ripe tinned peaches.
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Mount Riley Marlborough Gewurztraminer 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
Perfumed and full-bodied, this single-vineyard wine was grown in the Southern Valleys and principally handled in tanks; 10% of the blend was barrel-fermented. Enjoyable from the start, it is invitingly scented, with vibrant peach, lychee and spice flavours, showing a…
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Ngatarawa Stables Hawke’s Bay Gewurztraminer 2018
Posted: December 10, 2019
Already very open and expressive, this modestly priced Hawke’s Bay wine has a spicy, vaguely honeyed bouquet, leading into a mouthfilling, exuberantly fruity wine with lots of peachy, spicy flavour. Drink now-2020. $13
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Mission Hawke’s Bay Gewurztraminer 2018
Posted: December 10, 2019
Offering good value, this invitingly perfumed wine is fresh and full-bodied, with strong, peachy, spicy, slightly gingery flavours, an oily texture and an off-dry finish. Drink now or cellar. $16
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Askerne Hawke’s Bay Gewurztraminer 2018
Posted: December 10, 2019
Attractively perfumed, this is a full-bodied, well-rounded wine with strong stonefruit and spice flavours, gentle acidity and a slightly gingery, off-dry finish. Delicious in its youth, it offers fine value. $23
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Askerne Reserve Hawke’s Bay Gewurztraminer 2018
Posted: December 10, 2019
Already a lovely mouthful, this is a softly mouthfilling wine, weighty and rich. Bright, light lemon/green, it has concentrated stonefruit flavours, hints of ginger and spices, excellent delicacy and harmony, and an off-dry, lasting finish. $30
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Cassegrain Edition Noir Hunter Valley Orange Gewurztraminer 2016
Posted: December 10, 2019
Smells of preserved limes and lemons with similar spritzy lemon lime flavours on the palate.
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Centennial Vineyards House Block Southern Highlands Gewurztraminer 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
A pretty nose of lychees and rose petals. Good varietal definition on the uncomplicated spicy and sweet palate.
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Ruru Central Otago Gewurztraminer 2018
Posted: September 4, 2019
This perfumed, softly mouthfilling wine was grown in the Immigrant’s Vineyard, at Alexandra. Bright, light lemon/green, it has strong, ripe, peachy, distinctly spicy flavours, pronounced varietal character, and an off-dry, well-rounded finish. $27
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Brennan Gibbston Central Otago Gewurztraminer 2018
Posted: September 4, 2019
Finely poised and youthful, this estate-grown wine has an invitingly perfumed, floral, spicy bouquet. Mouthfilling and fresh, it is strongly varietal, with rich, yet delicate, peachy, spicy flavours, a slightly oily texture, and obvious potential. Best drinking 2021+. $40
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Saint Clair Pioneer Block 12 Marlborough Gewurztraminer 2018
Posted: July 3, 2019
Nose is bright with pretty Turkish Delight and rose hip fragrances with an off dry palate intense with fresh pome fruit flavours, textured tannins and zesty acidity. $25.90
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Henschke Joseph Hill Adelaide Hills Eden Valley Gewurztraminer 2018
Posted: July 3, 2019
An elegant white floral/perfumed bouquet and a subtle floral palate with hints of rose petals and zesty citrus flavours with tight crisp acid finish. $36
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Nepenthe Winemakers Selection Adelaide Hills Gewurztraminer 2018
Posted: July 3, 2019
The nose is perfumed, musky and floral with rose-like characters dominating the not too sweet palate. Nice commercial style.
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Villa Maria Single Vineyard Ihumatao Gewurztraminer 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Estate-grown in South Auckland, this enticingly perfumed, weighty wine was hand-harvested and mostly (80%) fermented in seasoned French oak puncheons. Mouthfilling and fleshy, it has strong pear, lychee and spice flavours, showing good complexity, gentle acidity and an off-dry, well-rounded…
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Topper’s Mountain Barrel Ferment New England Gewurztraminer 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
Strong spicy/floral fruit fragrances which carry on to the bright varietal palate with some smokiness adding complexity.
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Gilbert Skin Contact Orange Gewurztraminer 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Nice perfumed fruit on the nose with good spiciness and hints of lychees. Soft melon flavours with an acid finish.
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Loveblock Marlborough Gewurztraminer 2018
Posted: May 1, 2019
Lifted rose petal aromatics with a faint muskiness. Sweet fleshy tropical fruit palate with sweetness held in balance by phenolics.
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Flowstone Margaret River Gewurztraminer 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
A classic nose with great tropical aromas and a burst of melon. Warm and tropical in the mouth. Good food wine.
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Askerne Hawke’s Bay Gewurztraminer 2016
Posted: November 7, 2018
Full of personality, this is a weighty, medium-dry style, fermented in tanks and old oak barrels (15%). Bright, light yellow/green, it is full-bodied, with fresh, strong, peachy, spicy, slightly gingery flavours, showing excellent ripeness and complexity. Drink now or cellar….
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