Winery Claude MoritzGewürztraminer Alsace Grand Cru 'Winzenberg'
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Food and wine pairings with Gewürztraminer Alsace Grand Cru 'Winzenberg'
Pairings that work perfectly with Gewürztraminer Alsace Grand Cru 'Winzenberg'
Original food and wine pairings with Gewürztraminer Alsace Grand Cru 'Winzenberg'
The Gewürztraminer Alsace Grand Cru 'Winzenberg' of Winery Claude Moritz matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of roast pork orloff, tuna pizza or seafood pastilla.
Details and technical informations about Winery Claude Moritz's Gewürztraminer Alsace Grand Cru 'Winzenberg'.
Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer
Full-bodied, exotic whites, rich and heady, with moderate acidity, showing opulent aromas of lychee, rose, mango, ginger, pink grapefruit and gentle spice. Made as aromatic dry, moelleux late-harvest and liquorous sélection de grains nobles. Star of Alsace AOC (one of the four noble varieties) and signature of Alto Adige (Tramin), Palatinate and Germany. A pink mutation of Traminer.
Informations about the Winery Claude Moritz
The Winery Claude Moritz is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Alsace Grand Cru 'Winzenberg' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Winzenberg'
Grand Cru in Blienschwiller (Bas-Rhin), 19. 2 ha at 233–320 m, south and south-east facing in a steep slope, two-mica siliceous granite rich in quartz, depth 30–50 cm, dry sunny late terroir: Riesling is the signature white — racy and precise with the mineral finesse and elegance characteristic of granite, vibrant citrus and taut salinity. Gewurztraminer as complement, Pinot Gris and Muscat aromatic, drainage protecting from disease.
The wine region of Alsace
Capital of great French aromatic whites, most often dry and single-varietal. Straight, mineral Riesling (lemon, gunflint), opulent, exuberant Gewurztraminer (lychee, rose, spices), round, smoky Pinot Gris, floral, crisp Muscat, supple Pinot Blanc. Fine, fruity Crémants d'Alsace, exceptional sweet Vendanges Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles. 15,500 ha at the foot of the Vosges on varied soils, 51 Grands Crus since 1975.
The word of the wine: Destemming
Action consisting in separating the grapes from the stalk before vinification. The stalk, the woody part of the bunch, may give the wine an unpleasant vegetal character.
