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Florian & Mathilde Beck-Hartweg, Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives, 2018 (500ml)

Dessert Wine from Alsace, France
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Beck-Hartweg's late-harvest Gewurztraminer runs on sunshine rather than noble rot: a sweet Alsace wine from a tiny organic family domaine, in a 500ml bottle that suits after-dinner sharing. Vendanges Tardives means "late harvest." The family's approach is to leave the grapes on the vine until they shrivel and turn almost candied in the autumn sun. Their village, Dambach-la-Ville, makes that possible. It's very dry, at around 550 mm of rain a year, with sandy, light, well-drained soils on granite slopes, so the fruit ripens fully without botrytis. Florian and Mathilde come from a family that has made wine here since 1590, across 14 generations. They keep the domaine at about 11 acres so they can do every bit of the work themselves, with no employees. Florian also helped found Vinabio, an organic charter for Alsace wines that sharply cuts sulfites, bans other additives and forbids machine harvesting. This is dessert wine made by farmers, not a factory, and a good reason to finish a meal with Alsace.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Gewurztraminer

  • Vintage

    2018

  • Size

    500ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Aromatic

  • Sweetness

    Sweet

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Seared foie gras with roasted figs; a ripe Munster or a pungent washed-rind cheese; a light pear or apricot tart; a few squares of high-quality dark chocolate. It's also good on its own after dinner, which is the producer's own suggestion.

Tasting Profile

Expect the classic Alsace late-harvest Gewurztraminer profile: lychee, rose petal and ginger spice layered with candied citrus, dried apricot and fig. Because the sweetness comes from sun-shrivelled grapes rather than noble rot, the fruit typically tastes pure and focused. The palate is rich, rounded and mellow, with gentle acidity, and the finish is sweet, spicy and long.