Conrad Green

9.0

Gold in color. A muted nose with a punchy sweet palate of bright berries, tropical notes (almost banana?) lychee and sweet stuff. Honey, ginger, a touch of botrytis — 25 days ago

with Paul and Ara

Roberto Carli

9.9

This is “will never forget the first time I tried it” level. Definitely greatest wine I’ve ever tasted in its category, possibly best sweet wine. Starts much paler than I expected, light gold. Nose is a journey, surprises with freshness, liveliness though with the highest concentration imaginable. White peach, white nectarine, lychee, rose water, intense white florals, an after-rain sense of freshness. On the palate yet another surprise: so much minerality (!!!) that the intensity gets carried by bright, almost riesling-like acidity and the insane amount of sugar is so well balanced that it’s barely noticeable until the crazy long finish. What a ride!!! — 3 years ago

Michael

8.9

Loaded with aromas, rose, lychee, honey. Almost tastes like perfume with the tang on the sides of the tongue. The aroma leaps out of the glass. There is no hiding that this is a Gewurtztraminer. Enjoyable even if it isn’t for everyone. — 4 years ago

Joe Fischer

9.2

Golden in color and taste!!! Aromas of lychee, pear, honey, honeysuckle, and roses. Just slightly sweet. Went great with our spicy Cajun Catfish tonight providing a great balance and cooling effect. — 5 years ago

Jason Gelman

9.0

starting my first Dr Konstantin Frank lineup with his Finger Lanes Gewurztraminer. nose dominated by fresh lychee. getting some some tropical melon and lemon rind, and a little bit of saltwater. tropical is the theme for me. similar on the palate. a very nice win at a bargain price. — 5 years ago

Justin Farrar

9.2

This is great! Off dry, lots of lychee. Solid acidity, only 11% — 6 years ago

John Zuzek

9.1

Lots of floral aromatics on the nose with white peach, lychee and lemon verbena on the palate. Lovely mouthfeel. — 8 years ago

Chris Buggy

8.9

Lychee smoothie-too sweet for Jenn, but Rob and I like it just fine! — 4 months ago

with Jennifer

Charlie Tapp

9.2

Pineapple, papaya, lychee, durian, pear and lime. Tropical and viscous with a bit of funk. — 3 years ago

Tom Casagrande

8.9

A Gewurz for acid hounds. The Gewurz pungent florals are muted on the nose but there, along with a little musky, slightly underripe lychee. There’s a nice brightness to it. On the palate it’s bone dry, with very crisp fruit that has a distinctly bitter edge. The acids keep the bitterness from taking over. A distinctive rendition. — 3 years ago

with Douglas and Angelo

brando cox

9.1

Perfect Alsatian Gewurtz. Drinking 2013 in 2022, at its peak. Aromas of lychee, candied pinneapple, apricot, with a subtle tropical spritzyness almost evervescently revealing notes of peach and mango. Mouth feel is spot on perfect. Robustly letter the honeyed residual sugars and tasty melon citrus notes shine. This is everything I love about wine and one of my favorite grapes. — 4 years ago

Mary H

8.9

LYCHEE. That is all. — 5 years ago

with Adrienne and Louis

Neil Valenzuela

9.3

Medium straw color. Turkish delight, rose water and lychee. Phenomenal Gewürtz! Rose petals, slight citrus- orange blossom honey. — 6 years ago

Doug Powers

9.0

Spicy aromas and flavors, lychee, lovely aged Gewurztraminer, this is a good bottle (prior bottle from last week was a dump, clearly dead), medium-long finish, good Gewurz!! — 2 years ago

with Jim

Conrad Green

9.5

Settled and gorgeous. Pretty with soft citrus, wet rock, salinity, pear, hints of lychee. Resolved, balanced and delicious. — 3 years ago

with Bex, Major-General and 1 other

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9.2

The 2021 Riesling Poet's Leap is decidedly green in character, wafting up with notes of lychee, lime zest and crushed green apple. This flows across the palate with grace, displaying a pleasant inner sweetness, as tropical citrus and saline-minerals add a lovely tension throughout. This tapers off with young mango notes accentuated by a salty flourish through the long and crisply refreshing finale. The 2021 is so balanced and refined, just 12.5% alcohol, and at just under one gram of residual sugar per liter. (Eric Guido, Vinous, March 2023) — 3 years ago

Robyn Stencil

9.9

Citrus fruits and lychee balanced with wet stone and minerals; medium body and sophisticated finish. — 5 years ago

Mary H

9.0

Youthful and aromatic with that lychee hitting right off the nose. Some stone fruit but mostly dry. RS 0.7 — 5 years ago

with Adrienne

Malcolm Trimble

9.2

Pale clear yellow color. Aroma and nose of musk, intense honey, lychee. Smooth and seems sweeter than it is. This another great Alsace gewurtztraminer — 6 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.1

Can’t remember if this is my second or third bottle of this over the last few years but it never disappoints. Nose isn’t shy with the musky, earthy, lychee nut and sweet pear scents. Sweet fruit cocktail on the first hit, but then some nice minerality and acids enter on the off dry finish. Amazing for $15. — 7 years ago