Gewürztraminer is an aromatic wine grape variety that performs best in cooler climates, like Germany and the Alsace region. Gewürztraminer is a variety with a pink to red skin color, which makes it a "white wine grape" as opposed to the blue to black-skinned varieties commonly referred to as "red wine grapes". The variety has high natural sugar and the wines are white and usually off-dry, with a flamboyant bouquet of lychees, which are a tropical fruit primarily found in Asia, Southern Africa and Mexico. (It is a fragranced fruit with a sweet taste.) Indeed, Gewürztraminer and lychees share the same aroma compounds. Dry Gewürztraminers may also have aromas of roses, passion fruit and floral notes. It is not uncommon to notice some spritz (fine bubbles on the inside of the glass).
Its aromatic flavours make Gewürztraminer one of the few wines that are suitable for drinking with Asian cuisine,Jamaican Jerk Chicken, Indian Food, Guacamole, Mild Cheeses such as Mozzarella or Münster cheese, and fleshy, fatty (oily) wild game. Smoked salmon is a particularly good match.
