Posted: June 16, 2017
Aromatic blend of pinot gris (49%), riesling (32%) and gewurztraminer (19%), grown in the Awatere Valley. Mouthfilling and dry, with gentle spiciness and excellent weight, texture and harmony.
Comments Off on Yealands Estate Single Vineyard PGR Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / June 16, 2017
Posted: June 16, 2017
Nautilus Marlborough Gruner Veltliner 2014 HHHH Fleshy and forward, with generous, peachy, slightly spicy flavours, showing excellent ripeness, depth and harmony. Drinking well from the start.
Comments Off on Nautilus Marlborough Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / June 16, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Full-bodied, fresh and dry (4 grams/litre residual sugar), with peachy, slightly spicy flavours, woven with appetising acidity, and good vigour and intensity. Drink now or cellar.
Comments Off on Waimea Nelson Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: April 28, 2017
A very interesting wine; a big style for this particular variety with some punchy aromas and loads of flavour.
Comments Off on Nepenthe Winemaker Select Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 28, 2017
Posted: April 28, 2017
A pleasing, yet simple wine. Good length and flavour intensity. Great fruit drive right to the end with nice lick of sweetness on the finish.
Comments Off on Tomich Wines Woodside Vineyard Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner 2013 / 0 View / April 28, 2017
Posted: April 28, 2017
“A variety that shows great promise for the Hills region”, said one judge. “And this wine is a perfect example of why”. Herbaceous aromas and lively herbal palate; hints of pineapple and melon.
Comments Off on Hahndorf Hill Winery GRU Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 28, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Still very youthful, this mouthfilling, tightly structured wine was grown in the Omaka Valley. Pale lemon/green, it has fresh, generous, peachy, slightly spicy flavours, good drive through the palate and a dry, lengthy finish. Best drinking 2018+. $27
Comments Off on Saint Clair Pioneer Block 5 Bull Block Marlborough Gruner Veltliner 2015 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Enticing aromas of honeysuckle, spices and bright citrus fruit. Powerful palate that’s soft and creamy in the mouth with lingering lemon sherbet flavours. Good line of acid.
Comments Off on Nepenthe Winemakers Select Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner 2016 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Candied stonefruit/orange bouquet. A simple palate. Good flavours. Great line of acid.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner 2016 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Lively zesty fragrances with grassy touches and funky notes. A subtle, and very pretty palate. Hint of sweetness. Clean crisp finish.
Comments Off on Hahndorf Hill White Mischief Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner 2016 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
A very attractive and varietally expressive style with a floral elegance, attractive stonefruit, nice spiciness and a perfumed lift.
Comments Off on Hahndorf Hill Gru Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner 2016 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
A long interesting style with spicy malty notes and some candied peel characters.
Comments Off on Saint Clair Family Estate Premium Marlborough Gruner Veltliner 2015 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Some dried fruit apricot characters on the nose with a perfumed lift. Elegant palate with nice minerally line and a drying finish.
Comments Off on Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner 2016 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Fresh and grassy on the nose with a simple, slightly austere, palate showing floral notes.
Comments Off on Pertaringa Regional Series Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner 2016 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
An elegance of fruit salad aromas on the nose which follows through to the simple, slightly savoury, palate.
Comments Off on Artwine In The Groove Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner 2016 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Already delicious, this is a full-bodied, dry wine (2.5 grams/litre residual sugar), grown in the Omaka and Wairau valleys, and made with some use of old oak and malolactic fermentation. Vibrantly fruity, it shows very good vigour and depth of…
Comments Off on Saint Clair Marlborough Gruner Veltliner 2015 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
“A big, ripe fruit salad nose,” commented one judge. The palate is full and lively but at the same time clean and elegant with decent length.
Comments Off on Eden Hall Eden Valley Gruner Veltliner 2016 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Floral, citrusy, slightly sweet wine, with hints of pineapple and pepper. Two judges described it as only ‘moderately’ varietal, but drinking well now. $18 (UK, US)
Comments Off on Seifried Nelson Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Some wood obvious on the slightly savory nose. Quite an austere and savory palate with crunchy acidity.
Comments Off on Salomon Undhof Von Stein Reserve Kremstal DAC Gruner Veltliner 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Smoky oak aromas. More oak influence obvious on the palate but has good fruit underneath.
Comments Off on Ebner-Ebnauer Black Edition Niederösterreich Gruner Veltliner 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Stonefruit and citrus on the young vibrant nose with a gentle mélange of grapefruit, pear and honeycomb flavours on the palate.
Comments Off on Jäger Ried Klaus Federspiel Wachau Gruner Veltliner 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Attractive green tea/stonefruit fragrances and flavoursome palate; some residual sweetness.
Comments Off on F.X. Pichler Dürnsteiner Liebenberg Smaragd Wachau Gruner Veltliner 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Full ripe and very primary on the nose. Big and chewy in the mouth with nice balance of citrus and spice flavours. Needs food!
Comments Off on Geyerhof Steinhleithn Erste Lage Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A big warm and buttery style. The floral nose has a caramelized character and the palate offers a lovely mix of spicy, peachy, zesty lemon flavours.
Comments Off on Nigl Privat Senftenberger Pellingen Reserve Kamptal DAC Gruner Veltliner 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Fresh and youthful aromas with subtle citrus and spice elements. Long and refreshing palate with good stonefruit flavours. A tad acid but great with food.
Comments Off on Nigl Senftenberger Piri Niederösterreich Gruner Veltliner 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A rich crunchy fruit style with subtle stonefruit and herbal fragrances and a big burst of citrus and stonefruit flavours showing a hint of spice and a dash of white pepper.
Comments Off on Nigl Gärtling Niederösterreich Gruner Veltliner 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lovely powerful creamy aromas of orange peel and herbs and touches of caramel. Palate is a complex package of zesty fresh orange peel, dried apricot and herbal flavours.
Comments Off on Rabl Käferberg Gruner Veltliner 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A very pretty, fresh, wine with simple confectionery varietal characters on both the subdued nose and lively palate. “Early days”.
Comments Off on Rabl Langenlois Gruner Veltliner 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A rich, full, barrel worked style that’s ageing very well. Has ripe fruit aromas and rich creamy flavours with a thread of citrus peel and a hint of sweetness.
Comments Off on Bernhard Ott Rosenberg Feuersbrunner Gruner Veltliner 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Fresh lemon rind fragrances and a very youthful crunchy palate with flashes of grapefruit flavours and a hint of caramel.
Comments Off on Bernhard Ott Fass 4 Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Fresh and young and with oodles of lovely fruit showing a citrus core surrounded by banana and peach characters. Long, even and refreshing palate. “Has staying power.”
Comments Off on Bernhard Ott Am Berg Gruner Veltliner 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Still closed and youthful on the nose with a great explosion of spicy stonefruit flavours.
Comments Off on Alzinger Steinertal Smaragd Gruner Veltliner 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A warm wine; high levels of alcohol. Has ripe stonefruit aromas and zesty stonefruit flavours with “An amazing spicy character”.
Comments Off on Hiedler Schenkenbichl Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A long, delicious and pristine clean wine that has a soft citrussy bouquet and a full chewy palate with spicy peppery flavours that “Dance in the mouth”.
Comments Off on Hiedler Thal Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very strong varietal character on the nose; spicy, herbal and citrussy. Some bottle age evolving. Fresh and flavoursome palate with lively citrus fruit.
Comments Off on Hiedler Spiegel Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Floral fragrances resulting from early picked fruit and a young light bodied palate with a crunchy texture and savory elements.
Comments Off on Malterser Ritterorden Weinviertel DAC Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Restrained floral fragrances; some development evident. Creamy in the mouth with good line of vibrant varietal fruit characters.
Comments Off on Nastl Steinmassl Reserve Kamptal DAC Gruner Veltliner 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Nose still has plenty of vibrant primary fruit characters. Palate is long, chewy and complex with great drying texture and a very nice flavour profile.
Comments Off on Rudi Pichler Hochrain Wösendorf Smaragd Wachau Gruner Veltliner 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Nose is almost tropical in character. The palate is long, balanced and youthful with a ‘tumble’” of tropical fruit, spice and grapefruit flavours.
Comments Off on Rudi Pichler Kollmuetz Wösendorf Smaragd Wachau Gruner Veltliner 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A good food wine with a great combo of stonefruit, gentle spices and savory notes.
Comments Off on Rudi Pichler Federspiel Wachau Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Overt oaky nose with butterscotch-like characters. Very pretty palate has a creamy texture and attractive balance between the citrus and spices. Still very young.
Comments Off on Winzerhof Sax Panzaun Reserve Kamptal DAC Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Fresh citrus and some savory elements on the nose with a hint of brioche. Simple zesty citrus driven palate shows some aged characters developing.
Comments Off on Winzerhof Sax Alte Reben Reserve Kamptal DAC Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lovely aromas of tropical fruit and roses and an excellent youthful fruit palate with good balance between the fruit and acid.
Comments Off on Winzerhof Sax Zwillingslauser Kamptal DAC Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A complex leesy wine with loads of lime fragrances and a dash of white pepper. Nicely textured palate has lovely citrus persistence and a great vibrant streak.
Comments Off on Winzerhof Sax Kamptal DAC Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Quite a savory nose with a hint of stonefruit peeping through. Warming palate has crunchy pear and honey ice-cream flavours.
Comments Off on Schloss Gobelsburg Ried Renner Erste Lage Reserve Kamptal DAC Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Almost tropical on the nose with great varietal fruit length on the palate. More of a savory style that’s quite high in alcohol.
Comments Off on Schloss Gobelsburg Ried Steinsetz Reserve Kamptal DAC Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Gentle primary fruit bouquet and fresh, yet unctuous, palate with spicy citrus fruit and quite tart acidity.
Comments Off on Hirtzberger Franz Rotes Tor Federspiel Wachau Gruner Veltliner 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Rich botrytis influences to the orange blossom fragrances. Big, rich and hot in the mouth with gravelly texture and rich with spicy fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Hirtzberger Franz Honivogl Smaragd Wachau Gruner Veltliner 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Gentle and spicy on the nose with soft ripe varietal fruit lifting out the glass. Excellent palate texture. Good varietal expression.
Comments Off on Laurenz V. Charming Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Vibrantly fresh aromas with bright citrus and spice elements. The lively zesty palate is full of spices and citrus brightness with an excellent long crunchy texture.
Comments Off on Laurenz V. Friendly Gruner Veltliner 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017