Honeysuckle and lychee fruit aromas are really big and sweet, and there's only a little mineral quality lurking underneath all that flora and fruit - an early indication that, despite how sweet this French import smells, it's still an earthy, dry wine.

And that's what you get in the palate. It's nowhere near as sweet as it smells. The lychee and honeysuckle are both there, but the earthiness comes through in a big way. This sounds silly too, but the mineral flavor is like licking a wet stone. Even sillier is that it's rather nice. (Come on, if your foreign exchange lab partner told you to lick a rock, you know you'd do it.)

A great choice for a dinner date with your end-all, be-all (at least for the next semester), and some spicy Chinese food, butternut squash or green salad with honey mustard dressing, this bottle in particular is an affordable way to taste gewürztraminer done right!

Sweet, pretty, more complex than you thought and perfect on a date. If all lab partners were like this the world would have a lot more chemists! Better still is that it won't break your heart (or wallet) and will never ask if you can still be friends.

Cheers,
TSW

If when you think of gewürztraminer you think of cavity-inducing sweetness that goes better with ice cream than soup, I'd like to introduce Alsatian gewurtz. Like the foreign exchange student that arrives into sophomore year a bit late and sits two seats in front of you in chemistry class, this one is not hard to fall for (and not as sweet as you think). And you'll want to work hard to become this white's lab partner. I guarantee there'll be some chemistry between you.

The color is a pale Au, with a weight to it that seems to approach that of gold as well. As silly as it sounds, this wine looks heavy. (Young love makes you say silly things, doesn't it?)

And, just like young lovers who can't get their mouths to say what their brains are thinking, this wine's palate is quite a bit different than its nose.