Hermann Moser Gebling Gruner Veltliner 2012
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On the palate it is rich and opulent with complexity, showing again pineapple and lychee, strong mineral backbone, acidity and structure, ends on citrucy notes.
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Spicy, exotic and dry, this wine is full of ripe lychee and mango fruits. Rounded, full and deliciously rich, it’s perfect for sipping or for accompanying rich fish sauces. A wine for aging over 2–3 years. Screwcap.
There are hundreds of white grape varieties grown throughout the world. Some are indigenous specialties capable of producing excellent single varietal wines. Each has its own distinct viticultural characteristics, as well as aroma and flavor profiles.
The region of considerable geologic diversity and microclimates, Kremstal extends virtually without border east from Wachau along the Danube River. Its magnificent terraced and rocky vineyards in the west alongside Wachau include some of Austria’s most esteemed Riesling vineyards, the (Steiner) Hund and Pfaffenberg, as well as Kögl and Wachtberg nearer to the city of Krems. After Krems, the vineyards become excessively steep upstream around Senftenberg where Riesling and Grüner Veltliner thrive. Grüner Veltliner does best from here east where the soils become a mix of sand, gravel and loess.
Grüner Veltliner and Riesling together comprise two thirds of all of the Kremstal vineyards; the region itself represents about five percent of Austria’s total vineyard area.