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Willi Brundlmayer
Willi Bründlmayer is widely recognised as one of Austria's most gifted winemakers. He is best known for his Rieslings and Grüner Veltliners, although he also makes very high quality Chardonnays.
He has 57 hectares of vineyards, superbly sited high up on slopes around the wine town of Langenlois. His best site is the Heiligenstein vineyard where the rocky granite/slate soils produce Rieslings of astonishing mineral intensity, which age beautifully.
Grüner Veltliner
Grüner Veltliner is Austria's most famous grape variety. It is indigenous to Austria and is grown extensively in every Austrian wine region with the exception of Steiermark. It constitutes 36% of all vineyard plantings with the best wines coming from the north-east of the country, particularly regions such as the Wachau, Kamptal and Kremstal which border the Danube river.
Grüner Veltliner is a late ripening variety that typically produces wines that are pale green in colour and display fruit notes of grapefruits, limes, pears, and sometimes hints of white pepper. They normally possess a steely backbone of acidity which enables the best bottles to age gracefully. The grape's natural acidity accompanied by its restrained and understated fruit characters makes its wines ideal partners for food. A marvellous alternative to the more mainstream white grape varieties.
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Pale in colour, refreshingly tonic cool with crystal-clear pear and white stone/pepper notes, Willi Brundlmayer treats us to a classic Grüner Veltliner from their terraced vineyards close to their winery at Langenlois, in the heart of Kamptal. Medium bodied, pure comice pear, reminiscent of freshly cut chunks, allied with juicy, ripe, soft white fruit flavours, with immaculate poise and balance.
Grüner Veltliner as it really should taste, thanks to an experienced hand, good vineyards/fruit, and the essential white loess that gives this wine its gorgeously texture and freshness. Stelvin closure. Dry.
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