Josmeyer Gewurztraminer Cuvee des Folastries 2005

"From old vines on the Herrenweg plain, the 2005 Gewurztraminer Folastries leads with sweet pea, bacon fat, and rose petal, offers a sultry, smoky, spicy, rich, and slightly sweet palate (again, succeeding in taking the edge off of the alcohol), and finishes intensely with sweet pea, cinnamon, clove, and porcine persistence..."
-Wine Advocate

"Pale, bright yellow. Captivating aromas of smoked meats, spices, pineapple and floral oils. Fat, dense and sweet but shapely; a plump, opulent wine with strong material and a note of licorice. Almost a parody of gewurztraminer, notes Meyer; this tastes sweeter than its three g/l r.s. Meyer adds that with biodynamic farming, "you can't find the alcoholic warmth in the wines."
-International Wine Cellar