Tasting Note - The Wanderer Gewurztraminer 2006 (Recommended)

Australian gewurzt, to my mind, is a real weak spot in the national wine armourey. Most examples we've had, not many mind you, tend to be bland dry white styles. Of course these constrast sharply with the rich, complexity laden Alsatians and the ripe, musky, thick examples from New Zealand.

Thankfully Andrew Marks from The Wanderer winery in the Yarra Valley is keeping the dream alive with consistently good GW over the past 3 years. The 2006 is branded as a single varietal although chardonnay makes up 15% of the composition - an input consistent with prior years.Despite the wine's seemingly light weight at 12.8% there's a truck load of flavour and varietal punch. Ripe musk and tropical fruit flavours never get sluggish or heavy. Touches of spice keep the palate interesting and quite good flavour intensity. In our opinion this could be the best Australian GW getting around at the minute.