Charcoal Gully Sally’s Pinch Central Otago Gewürztraminer 2014 $21
At Charcoal Gully, they hold their wines back until Pete Bartle, the winemaker, feels they’ve had enough bottle age to be ready for release and your ultimate drinking pleasure. Six years on, this is perfectly packed with all that good stuff that I love in gewürztraminer — like notes of lychee and ginger, layers of stonefruit, and hints of white pepper and musk. Juicy and cleanly textured and long on flavour, it’ll benefit from a good oxygenating swirl to bring out its best. Sri Lankan carrot curry? Ahoy!
