Selida Gewürztraminer – 2024

Cantina Tramin – Selida Gewürztraminer DOC

The Selida Gewürztraminer 2024 from Cantina Tramin is a highly aromatic white wine from the DOC South Tyrol with well-integrated alcohol. The name Selida, which means small farmstead or small agricultural holding, comes from Old High German and is a tribute to the small-scale farming structure that the Tramin winery unites within itself. Qualitatively, it ranks between the estate wine and the Gewürztraminer Nussbaumer.

In the glass, it presents an intensely luminous, golden-yellow color. On the nose, this fruity Gewürztraminer unfurls a variety of aromas reminiscent of roses, lilies, spicy blossoms, dried and ripe exotic fruits such as lychee, mango, and passion fruit. On the palate, the Selida displays body, extract, and finely spicy juiciness.

The Cantina Tramin Selida Gewürztraminer is long-lasting, with nuances of ripe fruits and spicy notes. This South Tyrolean wine is a delightful aperitif, excellent with shellfish, smoked meats, speck or lardo, aged soft cheeses, as well as spicy dishes from oriental cuisine and hearty, aromatic creations such as lamb ragout with Moroccan preserved lemons.

Cantina Tramin – Winemaking

The mild winter of the 2024 wine year with sufficient rainfall, as well as a warm March also blessed with rain, led to early budding of the vines. Subsequently, apart from a few early summer days in April, it was 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' growing season. Overall, 2024 was a challenging wine year, requiring many extra hours of work in the vineyard. Thanks to a consistent implementation of the quality philosophy, the experience of the winemakers, and the cooperation within the cooperative, Cantina Tramin was able to harvest grape material of remarkable quality, especially for white grape varieties and Pinot Noir. Thus, the white wines of the 2024 vintage are delicate and fresh in the glass, while among the reds, the elegance of the Pinot Noir stands out.

The Gewürztraminer vines for this Cantina Tramin wine grow on calcareous, loamy to stony-loamy soils on steep, southeast-facing Gewürztraminer slopes between 300 and 500 m above sea level. The grapes for this selection were hand-harvested in several passes at the time of optimal physiological ripeness and brought to the winery in small containers. There, they were destemmed and, after a short maceration period, gently pressed. Fermentation took place at a controlled temperature (18°C) in stainless steel tanks, where aging also occurred without malolactic fermentation.

Gewürztraminer Selida – A Wine and Its Values

• Origin Italy
• Growing Region South Tyrol - Alto Adige DOC
• Winery Kellerei Tramin
• Grape Variety Gewürztraminer
• Vintage 2024
• 14.0 % vol. Alcohol
• 4.8 g/l Acidity
• 3.5 g/l Residual sugar
• 50 Hl/Hectare Yield