This is a quintessential Alsace Gewurz. Golden straw colour in colour, it has an intensely perfumed nose of rose petal, cardamom, and jasmine nose. It’s full-bodied and off-dry, with the flavour of Turkish Delight and a lovely mouth feel. 

Food match: Thai dishes; pork

Joseph Cattin, Gewürztraminer, 2011, France, $17.95. LCBO #224626

Post City Magazines’ wine columnist, Tony Aspler, has written 14 books on wine and food. Tony also created the Ontario Wine Awards and has been inducted into the New York Media Wine Writers’ Hall of Fame. He can be heard on 680News.