Tonight, with a makeshift dinner of leftover smoked ham, cornichons,
salad and fingerling potatoes, we opened:

2000 Bott-Geyl Gewurztraminer Furstentum GC
color: deep golden
nose: honey, apricot, floral perfume, spice
palate: medium body, slightly sweet, balancing acidity

In trying to think of a wine to pair with a smoked ham, this wine struck
me as the likely choice. Not bad at all, as it happened, though there
was little to no synergy between the wine and the food. Although the
wine seemed a bit flabby at first, cooling it further brought the
acidity into focus and revealed it as a well-balanced wine. The rather
obvious botrytis character of the wine didn't obscure the varietal
character, but it was still rather sweeter than our preferred version of
Gewurztraminer.

Mark Lipton

On Dec 16, 12:20�am, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> Tonight, with a makeshift dinner of leftover smoked ham, cornichons,
> salad and fingerling potatoes, we opened:
>
> 2000 Bott-Geyl Gewurztraminer Furstentum GC
> color: deep golden
> nose: honey, apricot, floral perfume, spice
> palate: medium body, slightly sweet, balancing acidity
>
> In trying to think of a wine to pair with a smoked ham, this wine struck
> me as the likely choice. �Not bad at all, as it happened, though there
> was little to no synergy between the wine and the food. �Although the
> wine seemed a bit flabby at first, cooling it further brought the
> acidity into focus and revealed it as a well-balanced wine. �The rather
> obvious botrytis character of the wine didn't obscure the varietal
> character, but it was still rather sweeter than our preferred version of
> Gewurztraminer.
>
> Mark Lipton

I keep seeing Bott-Geyl as a recommended producer, but don't think I
have ever run across. Are they usually fairly dependable?

DaleW wrote:

> I keep seeing Bott-Geyl as a recommended producer, but don't think I
> have ever run across. Are they usually fairly dependable?

I haven't had enough of their wines to form an opinion yet, Dale. I see
on CT that both Salil and Marc Davis liked this wine, too, FWIW. If you
want, I'll put your question to Thor I. and relay back the treatise
he'll likely respond with.

Mark Lipton

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