Gewürztraminer
Italian grape variety
Gewürztraminer (German: [ɡəˈvʏʁtstʁaˌmiːnɐ] ) is an aromatic wine grape variety, used in white wines, and which performs best in cooler climates. In English, it is sometimes referred to colloquially as Gewürz ( gə-VOORTS, gə-VURTS; although this is never the case in German, because Gewürz means 'herb' or 'spice'). In English and French it is usually written Gewurztraminer (without the umlaut). Gewürztraminer is a variety with a pink to red skin colour, which makes it a "white wine grape" as opposed to the blue to black-skinned varieties commonly referred to as "red wine grapes". The variety has high natural sugar and the wines are white and usually off-dry, with a flamboyant bouquet of lychees. Indeed, Gewürztraminer and lychees share the same aroma compounds. Dry Gewürztraminers may also have aromas of roses, passion fruit and floral notes. It is not uncommon to notice some spritz (fine bubbles on the inside of the glass).
Etymology
The German name Gewürztraminer literally means 'spice Traminer' or 'perfumed Traminer', and is attested in Germany from the 16th century. This grape variety is a mutation of the Savagnin blanc, also known in German as the Traminer, from Tramin, the name of a village in South Tyrol.
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