Pollen Gewürztraminer

Unico Zelo

"By far and away our favourite thing about thing about Gewürztraminer, aside from its captivating aromatics and utterly unique flavour profile, is its ability to pair with some of our favourite foods to eat. If there is anything on your plate that's bursting with herbs, spice, and that beautiful balance of sweet, salt, and acid that is emblematic of great Thai, Vietnamese, and the litany of incredible regional cuisines of Southeast Asia, you should be drinking Pollen. Don't expect any sweetness here, it's bone dry, and due to some slight early picking, a touch of refreshing acidity, bursting with potpourri, ginger and kaffir lime aromatics, a gorgeous chalky texture, riddled with golden apples, white peach and pineapple. Perfectly paired with plastic chairs in a bustling alley, armed with chopsticks and lotus soup spoons."
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Region:  Polish Hill River, Clare Valley

Country:  Australia

Appellation:  Clare Valley

Climate:  Moderate Mediterranean

Altitude:  520m

Soils:  Loam. Red clay shale over blue slate.

Varietal/Blend:  100% Gewürztraminer

Fermentation:  Crushed and pressed straight to stainless steel. Fermented dry.

Ageing:  Racked off gross lees and left on fine lees (with no bâtonnage) for six months of maturation in stainless steel.

Vineyard & Vine Age:  From a vineyard in Polish Hill River, Clare Valley at 520m above sea level and 30kms from the Ocean. Harvested in two passes for a higher acid component and a more phenolic component. Harvest began 17th of March for the 2022 cuvée.

ABV:  11.7%

CSPC:  111531

Produced Cases:  1111 cases

About the Producer

Brendan & Laura Carter


Adelaide Hills, Australia
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Pollen Gewürztraminer
Unico Zelo

Country:  Australia

Region:  Polish Hill River, Clare Valley

Appellation:  Clare Valley

"By far and away our favourite thing about thing about Gewürztraminer, aside from its captivating aromatics and utterly unique flavour profile, is its ability to pair with some of our favourite foods to eat. If there is anything on your plate that's bursting with herbs, spice, and that beautiful balance of sweet, salt, and acid that is emblematic of great Thai, Vietnamese, and the litany of incredible regional cuisines of Southeast Asia, you should be drinking Pollen. Don't expect any sweetness here, it's bone dry, and due to some slight early picking, a touch of refreshing acidity, bursting with potpourri, ginger and kaffir lime aromatics, a gorgeous chalky texture, riddled with golden apples, white peach and pineapple. Perfectly paired with plastic chairs in a bustling alley, armed with chopsticks and lotus soup spoons."

TECHNICAL INFO

Climate:  Moderate Mediterranean

Altitude:  520m

Soils:  Loam. Red clay shale over blue slate.

Varietal/Blend:  100% Gewürztraminer

Fermentation:  Crushed and pressed straight to stainless steel. Fermented dry.

Ageing:  Racked off gross lees and left on fine lees (with no bâtonnage) for six months of maturation in stainless steel.

Vineyard & Vine Age:  From a vineyard in Polish Hill River, Clare Valley at 520m above sea level and 30kms from the Ocean. Harvested in two passes for a higher acid component and a more phenolic component. Harvest began 17th of March for the 2022 cuvée.

ABV:  11.7%

CSPC:  111531

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Calgary + Alberta South

T: 403-971-1898

E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca

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Edmonton + Alberta North

T: 780-203-5284

E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca

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