Swick Wines Gewürtztraminer un Oeuf Skin Contact 2021

Oeuf means “egg” in French, as the wines from this series are aged in egg-shaped concrete vessels.

Grape: Gewurztraminer

Vineyard: Gillespie, Eola-Amity Hills AVA, Salem, OR. Practicing Organic

Making of: 30 days of skin maceration. Aged in a 700-liter concrete egg for 8 months. SO2 at bottling.

Personality: Green tea on the nose with a hint of orange zest and lime. This is an acid-driven wine, very citrusy and limey. Only 100 cases produced.