A ‘charmer’ of a Gruner
By Jessica Yadegaran
Monday, October 6th, 2008 at 2:53 pm in Wine, gruner veltliner.
Here’s a white wine you might be hesitant to spend $25 for, but I’m going to tell you why you should.
The 2006 Laurenz V “Charming” Gruner Veltliner, grown in the Kamptal region of Austria, combines the best qualities white wine has to offer. As Lenz Moser, the fifth generation descendant of the Lenz Moser winemaking family says, it has the luscious viscosity of Pinot Gris, the hypnotic nose of Riesling and the whopping acidity of Sauvignon Blanc. Safe to say it goes with any food under the sun.
If that’s not enough, check this out: I opened this screw-capped, apple-and-white-pepper Gruner for a roof-top salad lunch on Friday, closed it up, stuck it in the fridge and reopened it for a seared ahi dinner on Wednesday. And it was absolutely perfect. That’s worth $25.
If it’s still too much to ask - the Dow did plunge again this morning - you can find the 2007 “Singing” Gruner Veltliner from the same producer but different vineyard for $12.99. Now that’s a deal. The winery focuses on this single varietal. And they do it justice again and again.
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