Gewürztraminer is a variety that
currently features in Tasmanian wines. The 2013 Jospeh Chromy Gewürztraminer is
a clear pale lemon in colour with a fine orange perfume that also includes
vanilla and marshmallow. On the palate, it's light but delicious. The label is
a little affected, with a regal lion, fork-tailed which is the coat of arms of
Bohemia. (Chromy fled Czechoslovakia during encroaching communism.) Otherwise,
the label is simply elegant in black, white and gold. The 2015 Spring Vale
Gewürztraminer is a beautifully clear pale lime-lemon in colour, and smells of
pear with a tinge of coconut. In a tasting, it was dry. But in a larger gulp
(sold in a ¾ bottle to be precise), it came across as a little sweet. My drinking
companion said not, but, rather, fruity and spicy if anything. It would be good
wine with quince paste, or marron which is a sweetish shell fish.
