(Hirsch GrĂ¼ner Veltliner "veltliner #1") ($20.00) CORE-LIST WINE. Valerie Masten asked what went into this wine. Johannes is using less and less purchased fruit, and wants eventually to use none at all. Meanwhile, “Not even God knows what’s in there,” he observed. I coulda swore I tasted some Hunter Valley Semillon or maybe some South Downs Reichensteiner from the U.K. In fact this is a markedly tasty and successful 2011; surprisingly dark aromas lead into a fresh silvery palate mingling flowering fields and nettle; it’s spicy yet calm and poised, even lapidary. And blissfully light (11.5%!).
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(Hirsch GrĂ¼ner Veltliner "veltliner #1") ($20.00) CORE-LIST WINE. Valerie Masten asked what went into this wine. Johannes is using less and less purchased fruit, and wants eventually to use none at all. Meanwhile, “Not even God knows what’s in there,” he observed. I coulda swore I tasted some Hunter Valley Semillon or maybe some South Downs Reichensteiner from the U.K. In fact this is a markedly tasty and successful 2011; surprisingly dark aromas lead into a fresh silvery palate mingling flowering fields and nettle; it’s spicy yet calm and poised, even lapidary. And blissfully light (11.5%!).2012 Austrian Catalog, 6/1/2012, (See more on Terry Theise Estate Selections...)