Gewürztraminer is dry wine that people often think is sweet! It has fruity aromas, it has a texture and has higher alcohol, giving it a big bold body.
This different type of variety also ages differently the other wines.
This 2006 Gewürztraminer is Aged on the lees for 8 months.
This is an age-worthy Gewürztraminer. It gets oily and full bodied. it has a soft structure. Its pungency is reduced and is more velvety in character.
This cuvee used to be called “Margarete Gräfin von Tirol” the last Countess of indipendent Tyrol, before it was taken by the Hapsburgs.
The recent bottling have a more modern label and the cuvee is called ELYÒND. A Ladin name for Golden-haired mountain princess in the Ladin mountain myths
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol is super interesting for wines. because you have each town has different Teroir with different soils, sun exposures and altitude!
Each vineyard area will often grow different grapes at different altitudes.
This is in the bilingual area. This area was part of the Austro-Hungarian world until WW1 and then become a part of the Italianizzazione campaign. Weirdly enough during Fascist Italy, they actually banned German. For about 10 years German instruction was made illegal and teachers went to prison and event deported to the south of Italy.