Nussbaumer Gewürztraminer – 2024

Cantina Tramin – Nussbaumer Gewürztraminer

The Cantina Tramin Nussbaumer Gewürztraminer 2024 is a world-class Gewürztraminer. For decades, it has been awarded 3 glasses in the Gambero Rosso every year. The Gewürztraminer grape has reddish-colored berries, and in the glass, the Nussbaumer Gewürztraminer displays a luminous, intense golden yellow. It possesses an incomparable spectrum of scents and a noble, delicate fruit aroma. The Nussbaumer Gewürztraminer reveals a kaleidoscope of fragrance notes: one finds rose petals, spicy lily blossoms, ylang-ylang, ripe yellow exotic fruits, honeydew melon, mango, passion fruit, lychee, and citrus zest, as well as spicy notes of dried herbs and ginger, always accompanied by a hint of spicy nuances of saffron, cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg. On the palate, it reveals deep aromatics, is full-bodied and rich in extract, yet with finely spiced juiciness and a salty minerality that becomes increasingly prominent with age, ending in an almost endlessly long finish.

Nussbaumer is a truly fascinating companion for food. It pairs well with antipasti of fish dishes and smoked foods, beautifully matured soft cheeses, white meat, and swordfish or tuna. It is ideal with crustaceans and seafood and a spectacular companion to spicy oriental dishes and creative spicy-aromatic preparations, such as combinations with mushrooms, Swiss chard, fennel, avocado, savoy cabbage, galangal root, ginger, oranges, apricots, preserves, and fresh herbs like tarragon, rosemary, dill, thyme, bay leaf, chervil, saffron, mint, or lemongrass, which offer an unleashed interplay of aromas.

Cantina Tramin – Vinification

The mild winter of the 2024 vintage, with sufficient precipitation and a warm, rain-blessed March, ensured early budding of the vines. Afterward, apart from a few early summer days in April, it remained rather cool and damp until the end of June. The summer was warm with many hours of sunshine, and a rainy autumn extended the grapes' vegetative period. Overall, 2024 was a challenging wine year that required many extra working hours in the vineyard. Thanks to the consistent implementation of the quality philosophy, the experience of the winemakers, and the collaboration within the cooperative, grape material of remarkable quality could be harvested for Cantina Tramin, especially for the white grape varieties and Pinot Noir. Consequently, the white wines of the 2024 vintage are delicate and fresh in the glass, while the elegance of the Pinot Noir stands out among the reds.

All grapes for this Nussbaumer Gewürztraminer originate from the Söll vineyard near Tramin. The vineyards have lime-rich, loamy to gravelly loam soils and are exposed to strong temperature fluctuations between day and night. The grapes are harvested by hand into small containers and, immediately after delivery, are destemmed and gently pressed after a short period of skin contact. Fermentation takes place slowly and coolly in small steel tanks under controlled temperatures (18°C). The must is clarified by natural sedimentation of the lees. The subsequent maturation, also in small steel tanks, takes place without malolactic fermentation, with constant contact with the lees until the end of August. After bottling, the wine enjoys bottle aging for at least another 3 months. The entire maturation process thus lasts no less than 14 months.

"The only Gewürztraminers that can keep up with those from Alsace are those from South Tyrol, of which Nussbaumer is the best." Ian D'Agata, Decanter, January 2015

Nussbaumer Gewürztraminer – A Wine and its Values

• Origin: Italy
• Region: South Tyrol Alto Adige DOC
• Grape variety: Gewürztraminer
• Vintage: 2024
• 14.0% vol. alcohol
• 4.7 g/l acidity
• 7.5 g/l residual sugar
• 45 hl/hectare yield