Husch Late Harvest Gewurztraminer (375ML half-bottle) 2016
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Honeysuckle and spice dominate the aromatics of this wine. The sweetness of the grapes is balanced with brilliant acidity, for a wine that starts sweet and finishes dry. Husch’s Late Harvest Gewurztraminer will continue to gain complexity and richness over the next 7 - 10 years. Enjoy this wine as an aperitif or digestive with strong cheeses such as Roquefort or Munster, roasted walnuts, pineapple upside-down cake, apple crème brûlée tart, or foie gras.
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Potent aromas of rose petals and lychee fruit lead to extremely fruity, exuberant peach, honey and grapefruit flavors in this delicious dessert wine. It has impressive depth and concentration, seductive sweetness and a rich texture that encourages a long, lingering finish. Best through 2026.
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In 1979, Hugo Oswald Jr. bought the 6,000 case Husch Winery from the Husch family. The Oswald family had been growing pears in the Santa Clara Valley, but when the area was expanding they sold the land and headed for the southern tip of Mendocino County in the Ukiah valley. The Oswald family combined the vineyards on their La Ribera Ranch in Talmage with their newly expanding vineyards in the Anderson Valley. This union produced a total growing area of about 200 acres. Today Husch Vineyards is still owned and operated by the Oswald family. Currently three members of the family are involved in the winery: Miles, Ken, and Will. Winemaking is under the direction of Fritz Meier, graduate enologist from Geisenheim University in Germany. Al White, now in charge of all viticulture operations, has been with Husch since 1973.
Through the years Husch has modernized and expanded, but it has never lost its initial rustic charm or reputation for great wines.
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