TN Pelletto 2005 Gewurtztraminner

I had this yesterday with a Thai fusion dish with curry, coconut, shrimp, and chicken broth. The dish wasn't all that spicy, but still flavors that would go well with a Gewurtz.

The color was light amber, and the nose was grassy. There were other elements I could not describe but which were familiar (I'm not all that good at this :). On the palatte, citrus, melon, and grass. It was soft, not very spicy (surprizing for a gewurtz), though there was a little spice in the back. Well balanced, not very complex, elegant, and no faults I could discern.

This particular wine was opened several =months= ago, and the remainder stored in a half bottle which was recorked (with almost no ullage using my paperclip technique) and put in the fridge. It held up very very well. When I first opened the bottle, with a similar meal, my notes were:

Lemon and grass on the nose (no notes for palate) soft mouthfeel surprizingly not spicy. Neither sweet nor dry

So, what was in the nose I now sense on the palate.

It's a nice wine, but doesn't have much of the charactaristics of a Gewurtz. It's more like a Sauv Blanc with attitude.

Jose

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Jose
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It's from my sister-in-law. I don't have the bottle any more but I can find out more soon; she's coming in a week or so. She almost certainly got it in California at Traversos, an Italian deli and wine specialty store - that's where she gets most of her wine from (she sends me several bottles for my birthday and Christmas and such).

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Jose

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It's from my imagination. When I wrote the name on my smaller bottle, I wrote the name as "Balletto", and when I was done with the bottle, I crossed it out. Then when I wrote the TN, the line going through the name made me read the B as a P and the a as an e.

When I called Traverso's about this wine (prompted by your question) they told me that what they had was Balletto, and it's from Sonoma County, actually not too far from my sister in law.

They have a website:

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I called them; they did have the 2005 Gewurtz, now all they have is the

2006.

Jose

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