Sweet German Wine
 Claiborne & Churchill Sweet German Wine
Gewurztraminer 750mL 12 pack Special Price: $230.00 Regular Price: $270.00
"If more Gewurz was like this, more people would drink it." -From Wine Enthusiast
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Quick Overview of German Dessert Wines
Primarily produced in Germany's west along the Rhine River, sweet German wine has plantations going back all the way back to the era of Rome. Many of Germany's best vineyards are steep and overlook flowing rivers. Some of the world's finest in white wines come from the Riesling variety of grapes. Besides being complex and deep, German wine gives you an unmistakable flavor that just cannot be duplicated by any other region. Many of the wines in Germany are hand-produced due to the fact that the locations of the vineyards are simply inaccessible with a machine. The most famous of all the German regions is the Mosel Saar Ruwer valley. Slopes that are over forty-five degrees are where the finest vineyards are situated. This results in less yield but higher ripeness and exposure. Many parts of the region's soil is slate and for this reason the wine has a distinctive mineral flavor that you just won't be able to find anywhere else in the world. The wines of Germany have a bouquet that has mixed flavors of fruit, a floral bouquet and mixed fruity flavors. There are high notes of pineapple, citrus, honey, apricot and apple. German winemakers do not ferment all the grape's sugars and this results in a sweet, slight flavor of nectar. In addition, the complex fruity flavor of the Riesling grape is highly emphasized by German vintners. The grape variety Gewurztraminer is a sharp, lively grape as well. Occasionally, the Silvaner grape is also used alone or in blends. There are variety hybrids utilized to create a dessert wine since these mature more rapidly than the Riesling. You can see high levels of the Huxelrebe, the Siegerrebe and the Beerenauslese as well. One light German wine you might come across is the Liebfraumilch. This is sweet and produced from the Muller-Thurgau grape which rapidly ripens.  Posts Related to Buying Wine Racks On Line |
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