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Martinborough Estate Gewürztraminer 2025 750ml

• 95/100

  Jane Skilton

  Impressively intense aromas with lots of ripe stone fruit, then floral, dried rose petal and pot-pourri and finally some biscuit. The palate is similarly concentrated with masses of stone fruit, the little touch of sweetness adding some flesh but the biscuity, flaky pastry notes contribute a delightful savoury element. Long and sustained. 12 Jan 2026

  2026–2034

We love Gewürztraminer more than any other variety. If there was ever anyone truly deserving of this wine, then think of vivacious Marilyn Monroe undulating over the subway grate in her fluttering white dress - fun, flirtatious, seductive, sexy, and simply the most beautiful among the beautiful.

There are no subtleties here - instead, there is opulence and flesh dancing with florals and lychees and damn right there is sugar, sugar for richness and the need to balance the spice and alcohol - a captivating pirouette atop the palate. There is intensity, however, and with so much intensity you need balance. Hence, the acids are the subtle backbone for complexity.

A wine that is mesmerising, Moorish, fabulous at every turn, soft and curvaceous, stuffed with flavour and spice and innuendos, a wine without equal. It has an unequivocal sensuality.