2018 Grüner Veltliner Single Vineyard

The 2018 Grüner Veltliner Single Vineyard comes from 50+year-old vines in the Pulkau Valley, cultivated on loam, gravel and calcareous soils and was aged in large 1,500-liter oak casks for four years. It opens with a deep, intense, complex and finely saline bouquet of ripe, elegant, concentrated fruit that is initially intermingled with pencil tip notes. It is full-bodied, round and intense on the palate, with crystalline and persistently saline yet fine, mineral acidity and the bitters of a warm vintage on the warm and powerful yet refined and elegant finish. This is a mouth-filling, complex and sustainable Veltliner with initially some Riesling features (elegance, finesse and mineral as well as phenolic tension) but in the end—and after some days—full terroir and vintage character. 13.5% stated alcohol. (Wine Advocate)