Winery YealandsSingle Vineyard Gewürztraminer
White wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mild and soft cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Single Vineyard Gewürztraminer of Winery Yealands in the region of South Island often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Single Vineyard Gewürztraminer
Pairings that work perfectly with Single Vineyard Gewürztraminer
Original food and wine pairings with Single Vineyard Gewürztraminer
The Single Vineyard Gewürztraminer of Winery Yealands matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of sliced tuna with tomato sauce, fried chicken or real chocolate cake.
Details and technical informations about Winery Yealands's Single Vineyard Gewürztraminer.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Single Vineyard Gewürztraminer from Winery Yealands are 2013, 2016, 2011, 0 and 2009.
Informations about the Winery Yealands
The Winery Yealands is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 52 wines for sale in the of Awatere Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Awatere Valley
New Zealand sub-region of Marlborough (steep hills, gravelly terraces, aeolian loams, powerful winds, marked diurnal range). Sauvignon Blanc world flagship white: powerfully herbaceous with distinctive tomato-leaf, tropical fruit and tense minerality, chiselled acidity and saline finish recalling Sancerre. Pinot Noir in cool-climate red: fragrant berries, thick skins.
The wine region of South Island
New Zealand's southern island, cradle of the country's great wines. Sauvignon Blanc signature in Marlborough (~80% of national vineyard): explosive and tropical with grapefruit, passion fruit, boxwood, cut grass and mineral touch — global benchmark. Pinot Noir star in Central Otago (among the most southerly) and Waipara: airy with cherry, raspberry, undergrowth, thyme. Taut Riesling, precise Chardonnay, floral Pinot Gris.
The word of the wine: Casting
Preparatory phase of the wine-making process consisting in bursting the grapes in order to release the juice.
