2007 Brundlmayer Kamptaler Terrassen Grüner Veltliner

Although Austria has been traditionally associated with Riesling, the country actually has significantly larger plantings of Gruner Veltliner (or 'Gru-Vee', as it has been dubbed). Like Riesling, the variety is capable of a range of expressions. Cropped at high yields, it results in a pleasant but light quaffing white, but with more careful viticulture, it can produce full, complex, spicy wines, often with distinctive white flower and ripe citrus edges to them. It’s recently become regarded as the centrepiece of Austria’s wine industry, where the domestic market snaps up the majority of the better examples, some of which have proved world class.

Note sourced from the producer.

Weingut Bründlmayer is situated in Langenlois, some 70 km north-west of Vienna, upstream along the Danube in the Lower Austrian Kamp Valley. The wooded hills of the Waldviertel protect the vineyards from the cold north-westerly winds. During the day, the sun warms the stony terraces, while at night the fresh, fragrant forest air drifts through the Kamp Valley into the Langenloiser Arena. These wines are dry, mineral, powerful and well balanced. And not so expensive, at least compared to their Wachau neighbours…

...Delicate lemon and lime fruit, apple and pears also flowery with a hint of spice and yeast, straightforward and fresh on the palate, sappy fruit, mineral nuances, good structure and balance, medium body and fine minerals in the spicy finish.