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Gewürztraminer

Gewürztraminer is one of the oldest wine grapes cultivated in South Tyrol. It is also called “Roter Traminer“ since it is reddish and not yellow in colour. The smell of the grape is enchanting, its aroma of roses is very long lasting. Gewürztraminer requires South Tyrolean’s alpine-mediterranean climate and warm, sandy and loamy soil. Once grown overheat on pergolas, today Gewürztraminer is mainly grown according to the so-called trellis system. Gewürztraminer is an aromatic wine grape variety, used in white wines, and performs best in cooler climates. It is sometimes referred to colloquially as Gewürz, and in French it is written Gewurztraminer (without the umlaut). Gewürztraminer is a variety with a pink to red skin colour, which makes it a “white wine grape” as opposed to the blue to black-skinned varieties commonly referred to as “red wine grapes”. The variety has high natural sugar and the wines are white and usually off-dry, with a flamboyant bouquet of lychees. Indeed, Gewürztraminer and lychees share the same aroma compounds. Dry Gewürztraminers may also have aromas of roses, passion fruit and floral notes. It is not uncommon to notice some spritz (fine bubbles on the inside of the glass). Gewürztraminer’s sweetness may offset the spice in Asian cuisine. It goes well with Hirtenkäse, Münster cheese, and fleshy, fatty (oily) wild game. Smoked salmon is a particularly good match.