Gruner Veltliner, a white grape native to Austria, is a favorite of the sommelier. And with good reason. It is VERY food friendly, along the lines of a riesling. Tabor's effort is BIG TIME, AUSTRIA STYLE.
You may have heard the phrase minerality with respect to wine before and wondered to yourself, "why would I want a mineral flavor in a wine"? Well, the answer is that it brings a crispness of flavor and gives the white wine backbone to age. This is not a sweet wine but it does have some hints of fruit. I picked up grapefruit on the nose and pear on the palate. The minerals on the palate though are the dominant force.
If you haven't had a GV before, and you like dry white wines, I highly recommend you start here. This is a $30 bottle and will go extremely well with spicy food, ASIAN STYLE. I give it a 92.
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Gruner Veltliner is one of my favorite grapes! Very versatile and definitely characteristic to Austria. Looks like you tasted a classic style of GV of exceptional quality. The $30 price tag might scare some people away though... there's definitely some great, cheaper options that follow this same flavor profile. For beginners, I recommend trying the:
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They're very new-taster friendly! :) Cheers!
Thanks for the recommendation. I am always looking for value gruner veltliners.
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