2007 Prager 'Hinter der Burg' Federspiel 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.

Tasting notes sourced from the producer.

"This wine exhibited a light straw yellow color. On the nose, aromas of limes and white peach were joined by hints of wet stone, lemon oil and smoke. On the palate, citrus flavors were complemented by notes of stone fruit leading to a refined, mineral-filled finish".