http://decanterberrytales.com/blog/tags/grunerveltliner/ Decanterberry Tales - A Willamette Valley Wine Blog ... wine, pinot noir, etc en Decanterberrytales.com Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:19:00 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://decanterberrytales.com/blog/2009/03/28/1238282839663.html <img width="188" height="250" src="http://dnj.netx.net/view/0183/p_18361.jpg" alt="" /><img width="188" height="250" src="http://dnj.netx.net/view/0183/p_18360.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <br /> <br /> A local magazine here in Portland (&quot;Mix&quot;) recently ran an <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/mix/index.ssf/2009/03/our_new_favorite_white_wine_austrian_gruner_veltliner.html">article on Gruner Veltliner</a>. Since Denise and I drink a fair amount of wine (perhaps even slightly lushy by normal standards), it's always fun trying new wines -- especially new varietals. <br /> <br /> &quot;Gruner Veltliner&quot;? Gezz, try saying that 10 times. Actually (as the article points out), the correct pronunciation is &quot;groon-er FELT-leen-er&quot;. This is a very nice white from Austria -- no, not kangaroos and Shiraz, this is the land of Mozart and Vienna. If you're interested in learning more, I would encourage you to click the article link above. Anyway, this is a wine made for a summer time picnic. It's light. It's crisp. It's acidic. It's good chilled, and very refreshing. <br /> <br /> <img src="http://dnj.netx.net/view/0183/t_18359.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <br /> The nose was pine, lime, basil, and tangerine (and in that order). The taste is definitely acidic, to the point of being almost effervescent. The first taste is definitely lime! But there's also a complexity there too. Something slightly veggie, and perhaps slightly sour. Maybe artichoke? The finish was clearly grapefruit, followed by butter lettuce. <br /> <br /> This is a medium body white. And it was lovely. Unfortunately, we're now in the doldrums of the Pacific Northwest winter. It's old, wet and miserable weather-wise. I really need to try this again in the summer. <br /> <br /> I sought out this particular bottle -- not just because it was the Mix pick, but because of the name. It's missing an &quot;e&quot; (and pronounced &quot;NEE-gul&quot;), but is basically the name of someone dear to me. So I went on a quest to get a bottle. In case you're interested, I found this bottle at Liner and Elsen -- Zupan's and Fred's didn't have it. Denise offered to get it for me, and ended up getting a much more expensive version ($58) of this wine (which we'll review later on). Oops. I went back and picked this up too; this is the more modestly priced version ($19).<br /> <strong><br /> Cost:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img align="absmiddle" alt="" src="/images/2dollars.png" /><br /> <br /> Rating:&nbsp;<img align="absmiddle" alt="" src="/images/80stars.png" />&nbsp;&nbsp; 8.0</strong> http://decanterberrytales.com/blog/2009/03/28/1238282839663.html#comments http://decanterberrytales.com/blog/2009/03/28/1238282839663.html Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:27:19 GMT