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750ml
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$14.94
$16.25
12 bottles:
$14.64
This pretty Gewurztraminer has golden yellow hints. Nice aromatic intensity and exotic fruits. The bouquet is intense...
750ml
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$21.90
$22.80
12 bottles:
$21.46
Pale yellow with yellow gold sparkles
Complex and intense nose, floral and spicy at the same time.
It has weight as...
750ml - Case of 12
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$25.08
Intense and exotic flavors support a very fine fruity foundation. The palate is soft, dense, tasty, and slightly dry...
750ml
Bottle:
$14.73
12 bottles:
$13.99
The classic varietal characteristics—floral aromas and lychee fruit flavors—show up in abundance in this...
750ml
Bottle:
$17.94
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$17.58
• Gewurztraminer.
• Sourced from a 2HA plot planted in 1995-2012.
• Calcareous clay soils.
• Hand harvested....
750ml
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$16.85
$17.50
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$16.63
If you love Riesling (as we do) you will also love Gewürztraminer.
750ml
Bottle:
$8.94
This Gewurztraminer is an enjoyable wine with exuberant fruit and clove spice. Try with Thai food. Fresh and vibrant,...
750ml
Bottle:
$22.00
12 bottles:
$20.90
Lush and exotic, displaying honey and floral aromas and flavors, yet deftly balanced and expressive. Well-structured...
750ml
Bottle:
$18.80
12 bottles:
$18.42
Clean and delicate on the nose with blossom, orange zest, and lychee, with a touch of white pepper. This medium sweet...
750ml
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$24.94
12 bottles:
$24.44
This is a tasty and waxy white with lemon rind, beeswax, chamomile and jack fruit on the nose. Medium-bodied, full of...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$23.37
$24.60
6 bottles:
$15.00
Crafted in an off-dry style, our Gewürztraminer balances subtle sweetness with crisp acidity and vibrant varietal...
750ml
Bottle:
$13.43
12 bottles:
$10.45
Crafted in an off-dry style, our Gewürztraminer balances subtle sweetness with crisp acidity and vibrant varietal...
750ml
Bottle:
$21.50
12 bottles:
$21.07
Pale gold, our 2021 Gewurztraminer is perfumed with nose of rose petals, clementine peel, and cardamom. The wine is...
Gewurztraminer Japanese Whiskey Mencia
Gewurztraminer is renowned for being a particularly tricky grape varietal to grow and cultivate, but is one which plenty of wineries persevere with due to its unique properties and excellent flavors The vines themselves are highly robust, and can even be unruly when in the correct type of soil, but they cannot grow well in terroirs which contain chalk or other similar components. They are also extremely susceptible to a wide range of diseases and rot, and due to their early budding and fruiting, they cannot survive frost. However, despite these problems, in cooler climates and on the right terroir, the Gewurztraminer grape varietal produces wonderful results quite unlike any other vine. The pink grapes are packed full of elegant and sweet flavors, their relatively high sugar content offering a light sweetness alongside floral notes, perfumed and aromatic aromas, and a distinctive taste of lychees.
Whisky might not be the first thing that springs to mind when we think of Japanese fine produce, but over the past one hundred years, this fascinating and multi-faceted country has diligently forged a unique whisky identity which is growing in popularity, and which is entirely its own.
The story of Japanese whisky begins in 1918, when Masataka Taketsuru was sent to Scotland to undertake a tour of single malt distilleries in the Highlands, and bring home a knowledge of whisky and distillation skills. He returned full of inspiration, helped no doubt by his new Scottish wife, and alongside his friend, Shinjiro Torii, set up what would become a successful whisky industry.
Today, the Japanese whisky industry is spread over a relatively small handful of distilleries, which continue to use Scottish techniques and recipes, but with a hefty dose of distinctly Japanese experimentalism. This is displayed most obviously in the barrelling techniques the Japanese use - to create a distinctly Oriental set of tasting notes, native Japanese oakwood casks are used for ageing, alongside casks taken from plum wine producers, which impart a beautiful set of floral flavors to the whisky.
While some distilleries produce some excellent single malts, the majority of Japanese whiskies are blended, which reveals a unique set of flavors and aromas ranging from honeysuckle and orange blossom, to toffee and acetone.