2020 Nigl Grüner Veltliner 1ÖTW Privat Pellingen, Austria, Kremstal, Wine Review

Tasted at the winery. The 1ÖTW indicates a Premier Cru vineyard. Yellow gold in color, clear and bright. The nose is nice with limes and some minerality. Medium tannins. On the palate, this is ripe and bigger in nature than many from this vintage. Limes and lemons with some minerality. Long finish. One of the best 2020 Gruner's tasted! This drinks well on its own and would be a nice match with shell fish. Drink over the next five to eight years.

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2020

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$74.00USD

2021 Nigl Grüner Veltliner 1ÖTW Privat Pellingen, Austria, Kremstal, Wine Review

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2021

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This was a clear step up from the wonderful 2020. Green/gold in color, clear and bright. The nose is great with slight peach, limes and minerals. Oily texture. Light tannins. On the palate, flavors of limes, white pepper and slight peach. Great acidity. Long finish with slight bitter note (in a good way) on the finish. This is drinking very well now and should continue to for the next six to nine years. It would be great with a green olive and onion pizza.

2021 Winzerhof Dürauer Grüner Veltliner Kremstal DAC Ried Gottschelle Nr.1, Austria, Kremstal DAC, Wine Review

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2021

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A-

This is from Austria. Screw capped. Upon pouring, this is noticeably spritzy/frothy. A friend who brought the bottles back from Austria said a bottle consumed last summer was not spritzy. It would appear that this is a separate bottling and best guess, they gave it a shot of CO2 right before bottling. There is a popular drink in Austria made from Gruner Veltliner and Selzer which is essentially a Gruner Spritzer. Perhaps, this is the wineries take on that. Light golden with a fair amount of medium sized bubbles. Clear and bright. The nose has limes, pears, and slight herbal note wh

2021 Nigl Grüner Veltliner Alte Reben, Austria, Kremstal, Wine Review

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2021

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$44.00USD

Alte Reben translates to Old Vines. Tasted at the winery. Yellow/gold in color, clear and bright. The nose is nice with limes and minerality. Slightly oily texture which is nice. On the palate, this is complex and deep and quite concentrated. Flavors of limes with underlying minerality. Good acidity. Long finish. This is great on its own and will be better with food. This would be great with Vietnamese Pho. Drink over the next eight to twelve years.

2020 Nigl Grüner Veltliner Herzstück Kirchenberg, Austria, Kremstal, Wine Review

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2020

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Tasted at the winery. The Kirchenberg vineyard is sheltered, south-east facing and situated below the historic church of Senftenberg.

2007 Nigl Grüner Veltliner Kremser Freiheit, Austria, Kremstal, Wine Review

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2007

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Nice to be able to try a Gruner with 14 years of age on it. It was still nice if a bit past prime but shows there is some staying power. Light gold in color. The nose has lost its fruit but there is still some minerality and a bit of fleshiness to it. On the palate, the crisp acidity is still there but again, no fruit. There is some depth and minerality. Drink up if you have any or what the heck, let it go five more and see what happens. Better with some cheeses.

2020 Nigl Grüner Veltliner 1ÖTW Privat Pellingen, Austria, Kremstal, Wine Review

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