Compton Family Wines Orange Gewürztraminer
WHY WE LOVE IT
- The Compton Orange Gewürztraminer was produced in Willamette Valley.
- The orange tinge that the Gewürztraminer base receives is due to its contact with the coloring pigments of the grape skins.
Varietal Composition: 100% Gewürztraminer
Elaboration: The Gewürztraminer fruit was destemmed and was fermented on the skin for a week and then aged in neutral wood barrels. While neutral oak barrels no longer impart avors, they still play an important role in the part of wine maturation that pertains to the introduction of oxygen to the wine. Neutral oak barrels can hold liquid without leakage, however, a minuscule amount of oxygen does, in fact, permeate the wood.
Tasting Notes: Compton Orange Gewürztraminer has a lovely apricot hue from the peachy-pink color of Gewürztraminer grape skins. Savor the heady bouquet, lychee, honeysuckle and stone fruit. You may expect sweetness, but this wine is bone-dry with zero residual sugar.
PRESS
2021 – 91 Wine Enthusiast
PRODUCER BACKGROUND
Compton Family Wines® is a family-owned winery located in Philomath, Oregon, owned and operated by Matthew and Tabitha Compton. From the first vintage of 2003 the Comptons have dedicated their careers to producing sustainable Oregon Pinot Noir, Oregon Pinot Gris, and Pinot Blanc. They make wines that are true to the varietal character of the grape, made with fruit from vineyards they manage, using sustainable wine grape growing practices.