Alexander Valley Vineyards reaches northward into Mendocino for the fruit for this wine, and wisely so, as it’s the best home for the variety in California. Bright white flowers, lychee, tangerine and spice leap from the rim of the glass, inviting you in and leading to a dry palate of stone fruit and spice. There’s a nice weight to the midpalate, and the fruit and spice finish long and lip smacking. This has a place next to the masters of the art. A Double Gold Award winner at the 2020 Toast of the Coast International Wine Competition.
Alexander Valley Vineyards, Mendocino County (California) Gewurztraminer 2019
By Rich Cook