Domaine Pfister Gewurztraminer Alsace France 2016

The skin of a Gewürztraminer grape is actually pink, not pale green, so it is not surprising that pigments remain in the wine to give it a deep golden, sometimes copper colour. As for the aroma, the first thing to say is that it is extremely powerful. Its exact character is probably most accurately likened to the smell of lychees/litchis – that exotic, tropically-laden scent – with a fair measure of pungent rose petals and flowers. Textbook example.