MALIVOIRE - GEWURZTRAMINER 2006

Fragrant, perfumey bouquet with strong notes of pear, honey, lavender. Nice colour of golden straw. I always think of my Dad's advice about Gerwurz: it goes really well with Asian food because it can stand up nicely. It can, however, overpower other food that you typically accompany with a white wine. Tonight we had salmon and a tomato and bocconcini salad, and I think this wine was a bit too flavourful. A nice Gewurztraminer, but probably mismatched with our dinner.

This was another wine from our first tour of the Niagara wine region. Last weekend we visited the peninsula again and discovered some new wineries. I will write them up soon.

CONO SUR GEWURZTRAMINER 2006

Hello and welcome to Cheese Toast's Wine Reviews. My name is Chris, and along with my girlfriend Julia we intend to post reviews of various wines that we happen to sample. We are by no means wine experts, but we appreciate a good glass and want to develop our palates. Hopefully people reading this will be able to use our reviews to help find a decent bottle. Since we live in North Vancouver, our main source of wines is the BC Liquor Store. We will post a BCL SKU whenever possible.

Our inaugural wine is a 2006 Gewürztraminer from Chile called Cono Sur. Julia and I both really like Gewürztraminer, especially accompanying any Asian or Indian cuisine. The slightly sweeter and stronger flavour holds its own against the spiciness. Unfortunately this particular vintage was a little disappointing. It seems this wine was a perhaps a bit young, but in any event, it tasted sour. Not many flavours came through for me. Julia agreed that it had quite a sour note, was acidic, and was not complex enough.


Score: 75
BCL SKU #494708 / UPC #07804320753904