Wine Elena Walch Gewurztraminer Alto Adige DOC 2009
Tasting Notes
Straw-yellow color.
Gewurztraminer Alto Adige 2009 shows soft, elegant and very rich taste, seductive shades of exotic fruits. The finish is delicate, dry, with light hints of nutmeg.
Gentle, floral fragrance reveals notes of rose petals, musk and spices.
The wine is perfect as an aperitif and a good complement savory first courses, as well as grilled fish.
Interesting Facts
Try Gewurztraminer Alto Adige of 2009 - one of the fine wines from Elena Walch, which will charm you with surprisingly powerful and at the same time mild flavor, filled with notes of exotic fruits. Created wine from only one grape variety (Gewurztraminer), and before the berries fall into the winepress, they are subjected to 6 hours of maceration. Thanks to this technology the wine becomes rounded, velvety taste and fermentation and aging in neutral containers at a temperature of 20 ° C allows you to preserve the natural flavors of the grapes.
Elena Walch The company was founded in 1985 and is one of the youngest in the region of Alto Adige. Elena Walch, being an architect, first became involved in winemaking after meeting with her husband Werner Walch, who is a representative of one of the oldest wine producing dynasties. However, unlike her husband, she has a more modern approach to winemaking and sees his task in the creation of high-quality, modern wines - strong, deep and complex. The first thing that made Elena after the acquisition of two magnificent estates of Castel Ringberg and Kastelats - it revolutionized the vineyards. Here, on the steep southern slopes of Tramin, new vines were planted by local and international grape varieties that give very low, but high yields. Tied with vines Guyot system, so the vines can be planted more densely, and wineries are equipped with the most modern equipment.
Elena Walch wines differ bright personality: white wines are created in the style of "Old World", they dominate fruit tones and natural flavors of grapes and red, despite its depth and complexity, are not even a hint of aggressive tannins that are so spoil the fun from classic Italian wines. Just 25 years old Elena Walch wines in a world market and immediately gained recognition not only among the general public, but also in the professional community, indicating that the real skill of their creator, awarded the title of Donna del Vino.