Gruner Veltliner

Purchased as a 375ml at the winery in 2022.  Golden in color, clear and bright.  The nose is great with apricots, yeast, and slight minerality.  Viscous texture.  Good acidity.  On the palate, this is sweet, not cloying and delicious.  Flavors of apricots with a slight sweet lime note.  Long finish.  A little goes a long way.  This is delicious on its own but has the acidity to work with a dessert.  Stay away from chocolate but a fruit based cake would work well.  Drink over the next twenty years.

Very nice showing for this wine which seems to be at peak.  Light golden in color, clear and bright.  The nose is great with lots of minerality/chalk.  Also white pepper and a slight apricot note.  Medium bodied.  Good acidity.  Creamy texture.  On the palate, this is crisp with minerality and a bit of apricot fruit.  Good finish.  This is very nice on its own but better with food.  This worked well with Buffalo Cauliflower.  Drink over the next three to five years.  

Another great GV from Carlisle.  This bears some resemblance to its Austrian counterparts, but is certainly from California.  Light gold/green in color, clear and bright.  The nose is nice with limes, granny smith apples and minerals.  Light to medium bodied.  Well balance.  Good acidity.  On the palate, limes, some apples and slight vanilla note.  Tasty.  This drink great on its own and will work well with lighter foods.  It would be a nice with with Quiche.  Drink over the next five to eight years.  

Light golden in color, clear and bright.  The nose has grapefruits with white pepper.  Light bodied.  Good acidity.  On the palate, the grapefruit comes thru along with a touch of white pepper.  Good finish.  Refreshing.  This is probably better with food.  Lighter foods but also fried chicken would work well.  Drink now.  

This continues to be a delightful take on Gruner from the Pacific Northwwest.  Light golden with green hues, clear and bright.  The nose has granny smith apples, limes and minerality. Medium bodied.  Good acidity. On the palate, apples and limes.  Nice finish.  This is an easy drinking wine that is nice on its own but a bit better with food.  Lighter foods such as chicken or tuna salad will work nicely.  Drink over the next three to five years.

This is very young but really showing some stuffing.  Light golden in color, clear and bright.  The nose is nice with limes, white pepper, and slight grapefruit.  Medium to full bodied.  Nice, slightly oily texture.  On the palate, this is dry.  Notes of lemons, limes and some black pepper.  Good acidity.  Long finish. This could use five years in the cellar, but it is drinking well now.  Drink over the next five to ten years.  Nice on its own, this would be nice with Veal Chops.  

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

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.  

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