- Basic info: Winzer Krems – Kremser Sandgrube Gruner Veltliner, Austria, 2016.
- Type: White
- Price estimate: $13 (Total Wine)
- Look: Very pale yellow, almost clear and colorless.
- Smell: herbs, citrus
- Taste: Tart. Citrus, lemon with a slight sour note. Little bit of effervescence with a short finish.
- Conclusions: It was not bad, better than some whites, but not fantastic.
- Other notes: After having the PFAFFL gruner veltliner a few weeks before, I was super excited to try a different wine of the same grape. This one was nice, but it just lacked that something special the other bottle had. The finish was shorter and there was a slight sour taste that was not in the PFAFFL. I wanted to love this wine, but I just didn’t. It also had a 90 point rating from Wine Enthusiast which I know, logically, mean very little, but I was hoping it would give some direction when picking a new bottle. Sadly, it did not.
- From the bottle: No bottle notes, but from Total Wine, “Savory notes of crushed chervil and yeast join lively, almost fizzing notes of lemon zest. This is ultrafresh, light-footed and very toned. Juicy, ripe acidity animates you to drink this almost as a thirst-quencher.” 12.5% alcohol by volume.
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