HARVEST MOON Estate Dessert Gewürztraminer
Russian River Valley, Sonoma County
*Note these are half bottles (375ml)
WHY WE LOVE IT:
- Sweet, intense golden nectar for the dessert wine lover
- Estate grown grapes crafted in the Ice Wine style
- Small, artisan producer committed to sustainability on the family farm
WINEMAKER: Randy Pitts, a grapegrower and winemaker on the family vineyard for decades. He calls himself a 'wine shepherd." We call him just plain awesome.
WHAT WE TASTED: Sweet florals, white rose petal aroma on the nose followed by fresh cut pear and peach, perfumed with honeysuckle and a juicy long finish. Beautiful weighty palate pleaser. This wine will increase in its silky body and perfumed honey nuance with a few years in the bottle.
AVA DESIGNATED: Russian River AVA, Sonoma County
WHAT WE PAIRED:
- Vanilla ice cream and mango
- Foie gras with brioche toast
- Comté, Emmentaler and Manchego cheese plate
- Panna Cotta or cheesecake
PERSONALITY: Future wine tastes juicy with lower sugar! Gewürz grapes are harvested and taken whole cluster to a local freezer and frozen for 20-30 days before pressing and fermentation. The frozen clusters are then rushed to the crush pad in the early morning and hard pressed until tiny droplets of pure fructose slowly flow.
TECHNICAL:
- Tiny 4 acres of vines
- Low 11.5% alcohol
- Residual sugar 12.8 g/L
- Stainless fermentation, fewer than 200 cases made
*Ground shipping in states where allowed. Temperature control shipping in effect May 1 through Sept 15 to protect these fine wines. A small fee will be added to each shipment. You may choose 2 day or overnight air also*. Our summer solutions overnight shipping rate is the best deal!