Devin

 

This wine which I tasted at last year's Wine Fair (albeit at a different booth than the one I tasted Dunaj, Alibernet etc - also see previous blogs) was made from another Slovakian grape, Devin. Like Dunaj, it was created in 1958 by the same people, this time by crossing Gewurztraminer with Gruner Veltliner. it produces a  green yellow wine with spice, somewhat reminiscent of Muscat, in which some may find hints of dried apricot, dandelion honey and bread. Both dry and natural sweet wines can be made from the grape. As for the wine above, it was a pale straw with an orangey grapey nose. The palate was slightly sweet with an extension of the orangey grapey notes onto the palate. An acid backbone gives structure.