Werkstatt 2025 Whitfield Gewurztraminer

"The Werkstatt 2025 Whitfield Gewuztraminer is a soft straw in the glass with the faintest suggestion of green. Maybe it is the varietal leading me astray but I detect a very faint viscosity difference between this and the 2025 Riesling. We are immediately in action with wonderful aromatic interplay: tropicality woven together with perfume oils with spicy exoticism. The former, with hints of lychee; then bitter-lush white-pink rose petals; then spiciness with hints of Kampot peppercorns. Air brings added dimension: apricot blossom followed by the fruit born from the same, blackcurrant leaf tincture, and alluringly elusive notions white strawberry. The palate has excellent, almost crystalline structure; brilliantly edging acidity kicking in late early-palate alongside minerality - the wine then courses across to a longer finish that starts to clamp down with pleasing bitterness.  The fruit runs the full spectrum of apricot ripeness, from green and tart ‘jam fruit’ to the super-ripe deep yellow-orange globes of autumn. White tending faintly pink strawberry follows, with a distinct 'sliced' quality; around this runs tracery of yellow Turkish Delight. I should single out the excellent phenolic qualities here. I stress 'qualities' as there is an intriguing sensation that blurs softness into hardness. Excellent." - David