Decideret Sparking Apple Wine 'Gewurztraminer'

Certified Organic. Wine from Gewürztraminer grapes (20%) and apples (40% Holsteiner Cox, 40% Rød Aroma) were blended and bottled with a pinch of freshly pressed Pirouette apples. This is a collaboration between Decideret and Sons of Wine in Alsace, from whom the Gewürz wine was sourced. Apples were direct pressed; Gewürz was macerated for 12 days. Spontaneous fermentation in neutral plastic 1000L tanks, with the apple wine macerated on the Gewürztraminer grapes for 30 days. Bottled November 2021 with 9 g/l sugar from freshly pressed Pirouette apples to prompt bubbles in the bottle (pétillant naturel or ancestral method). Unfiltered, undisgorged, no SO2 added. The Gewürz obviously gives lots of tropical and spicy perfume on the nose, with lychee, lime, and pear notes on the palate; there’s a bit of tannin that’s balanced out with the lifted acidity from the apples. Yum.