The Cantina Tramin 2020 Alto Adige Gewürztraminer Vendemmia Tardiva Terminum (in a small 375-milliliter bottle) is a wine with a distinct personality that is easy to recognize once you've had the fortune of tasting a few vintages. With a moderate 10% alcohol content, the wine is focused on varietal aromas of star jasmine, sweet almond marzipan, peach cobbler and candied fruit. Try it with a Sicilian dessert of cannoli with ricotta and pistachio flakes. Late harvest fruit is hit by botrytis cinerea, and the wine ages in barrique for 14 months. Production is 4,500 bottles.

There is great balance to the 2018 Alto Adige Gewürztraminer Vendemmia Tardiva Terminum, with certain aromas that add a savory touch to the wine's otherwise very sweet taste profile. This sort of dessert wine is slightly less cloying than others, with more sage and cumin to contribute to that aromatic balance in this barrique-aged expression. You might reserve this 9.5% alcohol treat for an after-dinner plate of anise-flavored cookies, such as German springerle, especially at the holidays. This is a release of 1,280 nice-looking 375-millimeter bottles.

As the saying goes, good things come in small packages. The Cantina Tramin 2017 Alto Adige Gewürztraminer Vendemmia Tardiva Terminum is made with late-harvest fruit. The wine is packaged in a 375-milliliter bottle and only 4,200 bottles exist. The barrique-aged wine opens to a dark golden color with amber and copper highlights. It would be impossible to exaggerate the intensity of the honey, dried apricot and candied fruit aromas that rise from the bouquet. The one-hectare vineyard is located at a high 450 meters above sea level. The fruit is left to dry on the vines, and only when Botrytis cinerea (or the so-called "noble rot") appears are the grapes ready for harvest. The botrytis serves to safeguard the grape's natural acidity, and it shapes the high-toned and lifted aromas of the bouquet. This wine is simply gorgeous.

The 2016 Alto Adige Gewürztraminer Vendemmia Tardiva Terminum (packaged in a 375-milliliter bottle, with only 4,400 bottles made) shows a golden-amber color with pretty copper highlights. This profoundly fragrant dessert wine would make a great pairing partner next to aged cheese or liver paté. The bouquet is intriguing and complex with aromas of candied fruit and honey followed by dried sage leaf and spring flowers. This vintage also shows enhanced freshness that adds to the elegantly direct and sharp delivery of this wine. The grapes are air-dried, and some have been concentrated naturally by botrytis cinerea.

The 2015 Alto Adige Gewürztraminer Vendemmia Tardiva Terminum (375 milliliters) pours from the bottle with golden, honey-like thickness. This late-harvest dessert wine delivers lots of syrupy sugar and fruity sweetness. The wine offers bright tones of dried apricot, candied orange peel and sweet almond marzipan. This wine demonstrates how high residual sugar can be harnessed to produce elegance and finesse. The grapes are dried on the vines and are hit by botrytis. Only 4,000 precious bottles were produced.