Gundlach Bundschu Estate Vineyard Gewürztraminer 2021

For six generations and 160+ years, the Bundschu family has farmed the Rhinefarm estate vineyard at the crossroads of the Sonoma Valley, Carneros, and Napa Valley appellations. Today, the family focuses on making small lots of ultra-premium wines from this distinctive and historic property. Jacob Gundlach brought over the Gewürztraminer grape from his homeland of Bavaria and it has been growing on Rhinefarm in Sonoma ever since.  

Gundlach Bundschu is a dry Gewürztraminer made from vines up to 50 years in age, planted in the coolest part of the ranch. Utilizing that cooling effect, they strive for balanced vines with canopies that protect the fruit as much as possible from direct sunlight to preserve the beautiful Gewürztraminer characteristics, and they pick early to capture the natural acidity and natural spice flavor. The old vines yield a low 2 tons per acre, and up to 4.5 for the younger block (which is still low), producing structured, intensely aromatic fruit with mineral elements and substantial acidity.