2010 Weingut Hirsch Grüner Veltliner #1

RJonWine.com

• By Richard Jennings
  1/23/2012, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 87 points

  (Weingut Hirsch Grüner Veltliner #1) Light yellow color; tart green fruit, light pepper nose; tart green fruit, lime palate; medium-plus finish

Terry Theise Estate Selections

• By Terry Theise
  2011 Austrian Catalog, 5/1/2011, (See more on Terry Theise Estate Selections...)

  (Hirsch Grüner Veltliner "veltliner #1") ($23.00) Aromatically, palate, finish – palate especially, which has a complex herbal note on its lentil and fava-bean body. In its echelon this is as complex, solid and focused as it gets – and this with 11.5% alc! It was not deacidified, and acidity shows not as sharpness but as a chile note. There’s a fair amount of hack stuff on the market now, trying to cash in on the cheap-&-cheerful “GROO-VAY” thing, and I’m here to tell you there’s no reason to settle when there’s wines like this, like Hiedler’s Löss, hell, like Fred Loimer’s admirable “Lois,” I don’t care whether it’s my wine or the other guy’s wine as long as it’s good.