Gewürztraminer 2005

Südtirol/Alto Adige

Description:

Bright yellow to gold in hue, this wine has a distinctive bouquet of ripe grapes and candied fruits complemented by fine notes of honey, sage, rose petals and exotic spices. A full bodied and harmonious white with a long finish.

Serving suggestion:

An outstandig accompaniment to seafood, risotto or asiatic cuisine.

Varieties: 100% Gewürztraminer

Vineyard location: south-south east-facing vineyards in the areas of Kurtatsch and Entiklar (260 - 480 meters above sea level)

Soil: loamy moraine soil with high chalk content

Growing system: pergola and guyot; 3.500 - 7.000 vines / hectare

Yield: 70 - 75 hl / hectare

Age of vines: till 35 years

Vinification: fermentation in stainless steel tanks between 20 - 21° C; till the bottling 4 months on the fine lees in the tank aged

Receptacles: stainless steel

Alcohol content: 13.5% by vol.

Total acidity: 5.3 g / litre

Residual sugars: 4.2 g / litre

Dry extrakt: 21.6 g / litre