Hirschenreyn Gruner Veltliner 2023

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The coolest plot of Zillinger, exposed to the north, right on the edge of a forest, with deep clay and loess soil. The wine is dense, earthy, ripe, and yellow-fruited, with a cool, mineral vein, very vital and lively. After a slow fermentation for more than a year in large wooden barrels, the wine was allowed to mature on the full lees; it was not filtered before bottling. 

Vivid yellow coloured wine with an intense yet fresh, coolish and pretty spicy bouquet with ripe phenolic notes intertwined with ripe and intense yellow fruit with buttercup and summer herbal notes. Intense, round, and elegant on the palate. This is a medium to full-bodied, textural, piquant,, and persistently salty-mineral Veltliner with an intense, tensioned and finally tannic finish as well as lingering piquancy and juicy purity.

“Bright straw colour. Extremely precise and refreshing. Arguably more for classicists than the super-ripe Kalkvogel Grüner. Beautiful balance and fluidity. (Yes, all wine is a fluid but …). It will be interesting to compare it with the Hirschensuperreyn 2023 bottling! Very persistent and gorgeous.”

17,5 – Jancis Robinson (Jancinrobinson.com)