Navarro Vineyards - 2012 Gewürztraminer

2012 Gewürztraminer
  Cluster Select Late Harvest
  Anderson Valley, Mendocino
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After the meager 2010 and 2011 vintages, where we bottled less wine than needed, it was a relief to have a decent Gewürz crop in 2012. The bountiful harvest put us in such a confident mood that we decided a big-time gamble was in order. We harvested enough Gewürz to produce the desired quantities of 2012 Estate Bottled Gewürztraminer and Edelzwicker but we left about twenty tons of grapes on the vine, hoping the fruit would rot. We visited the field frequently and although botrytis was spreading, so were the undesirable molds. Our gamble seemed increasingly reckless with each review. In late November, four days after Thanksgiving, we began harvesting; after tossing fruit with undesirable rots on the ground, we harvested less than seven tons of botrytised fruit to produce this honeyed beauty. We began entering this wine in national and international wine competitions in March 2013 and with each Gold medal, or more select accolade, we were convinced we had produced a very special wine. Recently, at a family celebration, we pulled out a 1983 Navarro Cluster Select wine, one of our first dessert wines to garner a horde of Gold medals. Everyone at the table swooned. This clean, peachy ambrosia will be delicious decades from now, so save some in your cellar as these age worthy, golden nectars are ideally suited for remembering and celebrating special occasions. Winner of thirteen Gold Medals. Best of Class. Best of Show. Alfredo Bucio getting ready to pump Gewürz juice into an oak cask for fermentation and aging. The bucket of stainless steel fittings are used to connect hoses, measuring devices, pumps, venturi devices to any tank, destemmer or press in the winery.		Manuel Eligio, Navarro's cellar-master, cleaning the spouts of a bottling machine. Producing sound white wines requires that equipment must be squeaky-clean, especially if the wine contains any fermentable sugars. Navarro garners a lot of Gold medals, but this is our first wine with a perfect score of thirteen Gold medals out of thirteen entries. Seven times Best of Class and four times Best of Show. WINNER! California State Fair Gold · Best of Class Int’l Wine Channel TV Award Gold · Best of Show Long Beach Grand Cru Gold · Best of Class Los Angeles County Fair Gold · Best of Class Mendocino County Fair Gold · Best of Show National Orange Show Gold · Best of Class North Coast Wine Challenge Gold · Best of Class North of the Gate Wine Competition Gold · Best of Show Orange County Fair Gold Riverside Int’l Wine Competition Gold · Best of Class San Francisco Int’l Wine Competition Gold · Best of Show Sunset Int’l Competition Gold · Best of Class Tasters Guild Int’l Wine Competition Gold

Specifications
Harvested:	Nov. 26, 2012	Sugars at harvest:	32.5° Brix
Bottled:	Feb. 21, 2013	Cases produced:	672
Alcohol:	9.2%	Residual sugars:	16.2%
Titratable acidity:	9.1 g/L	pH:	3.10

2019 Cluster Select Late Harvest Gewürztraminer, Anderson Valley

94 points. “Rich and beautiful, this wine shows ripe stone fruits, honeysuckle and spice.” —Robert Whitley, “The Platinum Parade,” Wine Review Online. June 7, 2020.

2013 Cluster Select Late Harvest Gewürztraminer

Juicy and rich, with a peachy ambrosia quality and firm acidity to balance out the sweetness Sunset International Wine Competition, Spring 2014.

2006 Cluster Select Late Harvest Gewürztraminer

Needs more time to develop, open, and be at its best, this is simply a splendid sweet Gewürztraminer to pair with dessert or enjoy by itself. A bouquet of honey, spice, peach, apricot, pear, and apple flows onto the palate which shows even more spice and where he sweetness is well balanced with acidity. The finish is long and medium-broad. excellent. BEST WINE. Harold Baer, www.haroldbaerwine.com, February 8, 2011.

Enormously sweet, almost like drinking honey, except that it's wine. With an amazing 21% residual sugar, it just knocks you out with sweetness, but then the rich flavors of apricot jam and vanilla wafer lack in, brightened and balanced with lively acidity. The end result is fabulous- Steve Heimoff, Wine Enthusiast, October, 2008.

A Syrupy, spicy Meyer lemon, honey and caramel flavors have a thankful acidity that keeps this balanced. Floral, tobacco, apricot and pineapple notes add to the complexity - Mary-Ann Worobiec, Wine Spectator, Web Only.

2002 Cluster Select Late Harvest Gewürztraminer

– Outrageously sweet and delicious, a wine that blows your mind with the first sip. It’s powerful in apricot, banana flambé and vanilla cream flavors with a viscous texture that stains the glass with glycerin. Dessert in a glass - Steve Heimoff, Wine Enthusiast,“Top 100 Wines of 2004 - #67” December 31, 2004.

Full and sweet. Flowery nose with mandarin orange, honeydew, spice and a bit of maple syrup; intensely sweet with some rose and mineral on finish. (20% RS). - San Francisco Chronicle, November 23, 2004.

A luscious wine with notes of rose petals, honeysuckle and tangerine. - Laurie Daniel, San Jose Mercury News, February 11, 2004.

2001 Cluster Select Late Harvest Gewürztraminer

100% Gewürztraminer. Spicy, sexy, primal aromas lead to delicately balanced succulent fruit and juicy natural acidity; long seductive finish. Red Hawk cheese with lavender and honeycomb, foie gras. - Catherine Fallis, MS, Santé Magazine, September 2004.

Classic, botrytised fruit with honey and green apple flavors. Glycerin body and dried stone fruit flavors. Light acidity. - Stett Holbrook, San Francisco Chronicle, "Sweet Surrender", April 8, 2004.

Astounding aroma of spice, fresh and cooked peaches, honey, and a hint of fresh pear. Sweet, but perfectly balanced. Few wines like this have ever been made, and this is not to be missed. A rare treat; one bottle will serve at least a dozen. - Dan Berger's Vintage Experiences, July 25, 2002.

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