Winemaker Notes
This wine offers fresh green apple aromas and is lively and fruity on the palate with a white pepper finish.
An excellent pairing with grilled fish.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Beautiful aromas of mangoes and papaya with hints of lemons. Medium-bodied, soft yet fresh and crisp at the same time. Long, bitter-lemon aftertaste. Really fun. Drink now.
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Wine Spectator
A well-knit, light- to medium-bodied white, backed by sleek acidity, this is creamy, with a minerally undertow and subtle notes of grapefruit sorbet, crunchy white peach and light herb. Drink now through 2021.
Fun to say and delightfully easy to drink, Grüner Veltliner calls Austria its homeland. While some easily quaffable Grüners come in a one-liter—a convenient size—many high caliber single vineyard bottlings can benefit from cellar aging. Somm Secret—About 75% of the world’s Grüner Veltliner comes from Austria but the variety is gaining ground in other countries, namely Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the United States.
Wine by Region › Italy › Trentino-Alto Adige › Alto Adige
Taking full advantage of direct sunlight exposure on its steep slopes, many of Alto Adige’s best vineyards are planted at extreme altitude... read more
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