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Default TN: T'giving comes early- CA, Champagne, Napa, Loire, Beaujolais

On Nov 10, 11:18*pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> Bi!! wrote:
> > Thanks for the notes. *I've been mulling my options and I'm trying for
> > an all American line-up but I wanted to serve a Gewurtz and haven't
> > found a domestic one that I'm partial to. *The closest I've found so
> > far is the 2006 Kelham. *Any suggestions welcomed.

>
> Coincidentally, tonight Jean opened a bottle of the '08 Navarro Dry
> Gewurztraminer that we got along with that Indian River PN I posted on.
> * It's very pleasant, dry with decent fruit and only a touch dilute.
> Very light and with no bitterness that I often find in dry renditions of
> Gewurz. *It comes from the Anderson Valley in Mendocino, where Lazy
> Creek also does a nice version.
>
> Mark Lipton


Thanks Mark. For what ever reason most of the domestic Gewurztraminer
that I've tried has been a bit dilute and lacking the spice kick that
I enjoy in the grape.