Tasting Notes for Pacific Rim Gewurztraminer 2010

White Wines	Gewurztraminer	Other Washington	Washington

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Date Printed: 5/23/2013

Pacific Rim Gewurztraminer 2010

(search item no. 110468)

PRICE ON 5/23/2013: $12.99

ratings pedigree (past vintages):
2011 Wine Enthusiast rating: 91 points
2011 Wine Spectator rating: 89 points
2009 Wine Enthusiast rating: 91 points
2008 Wine Enthusiast rating: 91 points
2007 Wine Enthusiast rating: 88 points

Winemaker's Notes:

Our 2010 Gewürztraminer is crafted from Washington grapes. We often put the juice and the grape skins in contact to extract and unleash the exquisite Gewürztraminer aromas locked in the skin. The juice is then cold temperature fermented over 20 days. We do not use any oak and do not put the wine through malolactic fermentation.

The wine is crisp with a slight residual sugar of 1.7% with flavors of lychee, melon and tangerine. Our Gewurztraminer is an exceptional match with spicy Indian food, lemon chicken and blue cheeses.

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Additional wines from Pacific Rim:

2011 Dry Riesling (search item no. 118632)
2011 Gewurztraminer (search item no. 122848)
2011 Organic Riesling (search item no. 117818)
2011 Riesling (search item no. 119629)
2011 Vin de Glaciere Riesling (375ML half-bottle) (search item no. 117884)
2011 Wallula Vineyard Biodynamic Riesling (search item no. 119516)

About Pacific Rim:

Riesling, simply, is the most versatile, complex and food-friendly of all the noble grapes. if you enjoy inspiring your palate, then Riesling is your ideal wine. No other varietal so purely expresses terroir. Washington's Columbia Valley - home of Pacific Rim - provies the ideal soils and climate for growing Riesling. Purity is at the core of Pacific Rim's winemaking philosophy. They exclusively use stainless steel tanks, allowing the true character of Riesling to speak for itself, they do not use malolactic fermentation and their wines are fermented only with native yeasts. Pacific Rim produces 10 different Rieslings from bone dry to sticky sweet, and Riesling represents 95% of all the wines they produce. Pacific Rim is an Organic and Biodynamic certified winery.