Cervino 2017 - Gewurztraminer
Funk Factory Geuzeria

 

 

Pale hazy gold with an eggshell foam that is quick to fizzle out to nothing.

This drastic improvement upon its base features light grape and grass with apple. It's like a lightly tart white wine or even a sour champagne.

 

 

 

 

750ml bottle of the 2017 bottling. Served in a FFG stemmed glass. Pour is a clear golden copper body, one finger white head with a short retention and no lacing. Apropos for a beer/wine hybrid. Smell is like a sour hefeweizen; mild acetic acid, light lemon and leather with a fair bit of banana. It’s kind of weird. Not particularly vinous on the nose. Flavour is much more interesting and meets the billing a lot more than the 2016 Chardonnay batch did. Light mineral, lemony tartness, touch of vinegar, moderate sweet white vinous character, a light amount of oak and a bit of banana and the slightest trace of sulfur. It’s good. Mouthfeel is medium lighter bodied, lower carbonation as expected, nice vinous and light spice on the finish. Solid beer, I much prefer reds to whites so I am looking forward to the next bottling which I think is a Sangiovese or something similar.