Handley Anderson Valley Gewurztraminer 2007

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Handley Anderson Valley Gewurztraminer 2007 Front Label
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Vintage
2007

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750ML

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Winemaker Notes

Forty-five percent of the grapes were crushed and macerated for four hours before pressing in order to extract the aromatics and structure intrinsic to Gewürztraminer. Fifty-five percent was direct-pressed to retain the acidity and bright flavors of the varietal. Once pressed, 62% of the juice was fermented in stainless steel; the remainder went to neutral French oak barrels and puncheons.The use of neutral oak ensured good mid-palate weight without overwhelming the wine's aromatics.

With aromas of orange zest and narcissus, this wine offers subtle flavors of peaches and melon. This wine is a classic dry California Gewürztraminer. Lovely as an aperitif, it has enough rich fruit to hold its own with mild Thai curries or spicy sausages.

Professional Ratings

  • 90
    So pure and refined, this Gewürztraminer shows how great Anderson Valley can ripen the variety. Throw in Handley’s deft hand, and you get an immensely flavorful, spicy white wine of tremendous balance and finesse.

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Handley Cellars

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Handley Cellars, California
Handley Cellars is a small (about 14,000 cases per year) family-owned winery in California's Mendocino County, bonded in 1982. We are located at the northwest end of the Anderson Valley on 59 acres of the original Holmes Ranch. Still standing on the property are the now-refurbished ranch house, barn, and the original water tower.

At Handley Cellars we offer a wide variety of wines that complement today's diverse cuisine with its worldwide influences. Handley's winemakers Milla Handley and Deny Dudzik seek to make balanced wines that possess distinctive varietal characteristics, wines that reflect the soil and climate in which they were grown.

Our quality starts with our vineyards: one at our estate in the Anderson Valley, and one in the Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County.

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Gewürztraminer, an expressive and aromatically distinctive white grape variety, is considered a noble variety in the Alsace region of France, and produces wonderful wines in the mountainous Alto Adige region of NE Italy. Generally this grape grows well in cooler regions and its natural intensity makes it a great ally for flavorful cuisine such as Indian, Middle Eastern or Moroccan. Somm Secret—Because of a charming perfume and tendency towards slight sweetness, Gewürztraminer makes for an excellent gateway wine for those who love sweet wines but want to venture into the realm of drier whites.

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Reaching up California's coastline and into its valleys north of San Francisco, the North Coast AVA includes six counties: Marin, Solano, Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake. While Napa and Sonoma enjoy most of the glory, the rest produce no shortage of quality wines in an intriguing and diverse range of styles.

Climbing up the state's rugged coastline, the chilly Marin County, just above the City and most of Sonoma County, as well as Mendocino County on the far north end of the North Coast successfully grow cool-climate varieties like Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and in some spots, Riesling. Inland Lake County, on the other hand, is considerably warmer, and Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel and Sauvignon Blanc produce some impressive wines with affordable price tags.

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