Gundlach Bundschu Estate Vineyard Dry Gewurztraminer 2020
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No, it’s not sweet! Fermented with zero residual sugar, this outrageously aromatic (lychee, roses, honeysuckle) white wine is bone dry. Brisk, clean and grapefruit-y, it’s an ideal companion to spicy food.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2020 Gundlach Bundschu Estate Vineyard Dry Gewürztraminer offers an excellent representation of how well the New World can do with the classic grape variety from Alsace. TASTING NOTES: This wine is fresh and pleasing with aromas and flavors of tart nectarine, a suggestion of flowers, and a hint of minerality. Enjoy its crisp yet smooth finish with Hamachi, fresh salmon, rice, and avocado wrapped in nori. (Tasted: August 4, 2021, San Francisco, CA)
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Gundlach Bundschu Winery is a family-owned, sixth-generation producer of distinctive wines of site-specific character. The winery's 320-acre Estate Vineyard, christened Rhinefarm in 1858, is located at the crossroads of the Sonoma Valley, Carneros and Napa Valley AVAs, at the base of the Mayacamas Mountain Range.
Gundlach Bundschu approaches its vineyards, wines, business and the world with spirit, creativity and dedication to excellence. When you open a bottle of Gundlach Bundschu, you uncork not only the Estate's unique ability to produce profound wines, but also a rich, personal relationship between the Gundlach Bundschu family and the land on which the family lives.
Gewürztraminer, an expressive and aromatically distinctive white grape variety, is considered a noble variety in the Alsace region of France, and produces wonderful wines in the mountainous Alto Adige region of NE Italy. Generally this grape grows well in cooler regions and its natural intensity makes it a great ally for flavorful cuisine such as Indian, Middle Eastern or Moroccan. Somm Secret—Because of a charming perfume and tendency towards slight sweetness, Gewürztraminer makes for an excellent gateway wine for those who love sweet wines but want to venture into the realm of drier whites.
A vast appellation covering Sonoma County’s Pacific coastline, the Sonoma Coast AVA runs all the way from the Mendocino County border, south to the San Pablo Bay. The region can actually be divided into two sections—the actual coastal vineyards, marked by marine soils, cool temperatures and saline ocean breezes—and the warmer, drier vineyards further inland, which are still heavily influenced by the Pacific but not quite with same intensity.
Contained within the appellation are the much smaller Fort Ross-Seaview and Petaluma Gap AVAs.
The Sonoma Coast is highly regarded for elegant Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and, increasingly, cool-climate Syrah. The wines have high acidity, moderate alcohol, firm tannin, and balanced ripeness.