Domaine Schoffit Gewürtztraminer 2005
Region: Alsace, France
Winery: Domaine Schoffit
Variety: Gewürtztraminer

Pale color. Reticent but fresh nose hints at spice. Fat, spicy and sweet; conveys very good depth of yellow fruits and floral oils without coming across as hot or aggressive-a neat trick as this is 15+% alcohol, with 30 g/l r.s. Good ripe acidity prevents this from going over the top.

Posted by tekpneu on October 19th, 2007 at 5:32pm | report comment

Domaine Schoffit Gewürtztraminer 2005
Region: Alsace, France
Winery: Domaine Schoffit
Variety: Gewürtztraminer

Deep amber in the glass. Florid nose of mineral oil and canned lychees & rose petals. Viscous on the palate. Whooee. Glycerine, fruity sweet lychee juice--seems slightly fizzy, peppery, tingly. Tried with a stirfry--too much, too overpoweringly fruity. Low acidity, but far from flabby. Fruit is very very very full, runs the gamut from apple-tart to almost spicy-buttery. Notes of peach & nectarine also creep in. One sip lasts a long time; the finish is just about as long as I've ever tasted in a white wine, echoing & flashing the lychee & peppery tastes for a minute at least. Puzzlingly pleasurable--almost dessert-wine thick. What possible food could match this? Another sip, and the acidity is clearer and crisper, just buried deep under layers of glyceriny fruit. Peculiar and compelling, but we could barely manage one glass each.

Posted by tekpneu on October 19th, 2007 at 7:12pm | report comment