Winery: Gramona
Region: DO Penedès
Vintage: 2023
Bottle: 37.5 cl
Grape Varieties: 100% Gewürztraminer
Type: Sweet white wine
Alcohol Volume: 9.5% vol
Serving Temperature: 6-8 ºC.
Production:
Vi de Glass 100% Gewürztraminer, created with the idea of producing a wine of similar characteristics to Eiswein (ice wine), despite the fact that the region of Penedès does not have the right climatic conditions for its production with freezing temperatures during the harvest months.
It is made from grapes frozen post-harvest. In order to achieve this, following a late harvest, the only natural way to concentrate this must is by partial freezing, which enables full oenological control of the process, supraextraction, and cryoextraction in a cold chamber using a yeast with an accentuated plasmolysis effect, especially selected by the University of Bordeaux. The result is a highly concentrated fruited wine that is sweet and tart; it shows good ageing capacity and evolves very well in bottle.
Tasting Notes:
Light yellow with a yellowish-green tone in colour. Rich aromas of citric and exotic fruits of apricot and lychee combine with a delicate floral-scented nose of fennel and rose water. Silky and unctuous on the palate, with good fruit expression, good acidity, and very harmonious.
Note:
It has ageing capacity and will evolve very well in bottle. The foods to be paired with this wine will depend on the point of its evolution when the bottle is opened.
When still young, it can be enjoyed as a dessert wine or drunk on its own. With the complexity of ageing, it will match perfectly with strong cheeses, natural foie gras, oysters, or scallops.
THE WINERY
Gramona, based in the village of Sant Sadurní d’Anoia in the heart of the Penedés, is a dynasty of vine growers. Behind Gramona's identity stands a long family venture, more than 125 years of their innovative project, supplying the most demanding and informed consumers with long-aged cavas and an extensive, innovative, groundbreaking range of products of very high quality, positioning themselves today among the region's most renowned cava houses.
