:: German Traminer Spatlese - March Limited Edition

German Traminer Spatlese - March Limited Edition

The Region: Germany's most famous growing region, the Mosel Valley, with its mineral-laden soils, produces some of the world's finest off-dry wines. The sheer mountains and rugged steep slopes make the most of the northern sunshine, but they also mean that vineyard work must be done by hand, and yields are very low. This results in carefully crafted, very intensely flavored wines.

The Wine: Traminer is the parent of the more familiar Gewurztraminer and Spatlese is a German wine term meaning 'late harvest', indicating a wine made from fully mature grapes that are picked at least 7 days after normal harvest, so they are riper and have higher sugar levels. This is a gently golden-colored wine, unmistakable in its heady, aromatic intensity, with a pungent fragrance of lychee, tropical fruit and rose petals. Its flavors are ample, lusciously fruity and spicy.

The Food: Vanilla Bean Glazed Peach Cobbler

Ageing: The intense fruit character will be apparent immediately in this rich wine making it a tempting sipper right away, but the deeper floral characters of rose petal and lychee will become much more apparent after six months to a year.

Sweetness Code: 0 (dry)

Pre-order Information:

• Pre-orders must be received by Sunday, December 12, 2010.
• Kit will ship in mid to late March 2011.
• Your credit card will be charged when your order is placed.

Kit Information:

• For more information about this year's Limited Edition lineup including some cool videos, click here.
• 30 peel and stick labels are included with kit
• Contains 16 liters of concentrated varietal juice, yeast and all necessary additives
• Yields 6 gallons or about 30 750ml bottles
• Ready to bottle in 8 weeks.