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Karl May NOrange Gewürztraminer 2018

Gutswein

Challenge your taste buds with this classic Orange wine. It’s lovingly crafted by two brothers – Peter and Fritz May – gifted, 7th generation winemakers. A white made using red wine methods, this Gewurz is aromatic yet weighty and daringly different.

Beyond the Label

Tasting notes

Big, weighty, spicy lychee, floral notes with some chewy tannins

Aroma

Spicy lychee, peach, rose petal

Allergy information

Contains sulphites

Karl May NOrange Gewürztraminer 2018

More information

  • 12.5% ABV
  • 9.38 Units
  • 750.00 ml
  • 31 December, 2021
  • Vegan

Orange wine is the oldest style in the world, almost abandoned after two world wars, then recently rediscovered. Open your mind and your palate, and put your preconceptions aside. Hand-picked Gewurztraminer grapes are soaked on their skins, pressed and fermented, just like a red wine. The result is Gewurz’s classic big spice and lychee perfume with the structure and weight of a red. It’s made by brothers Peter and Fritz May, seventh generation winemakers at the Karl May estate in Rheinhessen. Both have studied oenology at university and travelled widely – Peter having worked in New Zealand and Fritz in Australia and Austria. Eco-friendly in the vineyard and non-interventional in the cellar, they have created this fine, complex Orange wine.

"Expect surprise – lovely chewy texture, richness and complexity and it's white. Well, an Orange wine" Kirsten Willis
Buyer for Germany
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