Sonntag Geschlossen Gruner Veltliner 2014 sw france 5ha vineyard of centenarian cordon

5ha vineyard of centenarian cordon trenzado (braided vines) Listan Blanco at 600m elevation

These are exactly the vineyards that Joana Macanita is looking for

and bold flavors of orange

and cedar pencil

Sonntag Geschlossen Gruner Veltliner 2014 sw france 5ha vineyard of centenarian cordonNine years underground, in a century old 2,400L barrel, in a cold cellar in Austria, not terribly far from the Czech border. The near decade in barrel has transformed this wine into something else, something more. Grner Veltliner, often bulky or unwieldy, has, here, become elegant, perhaps not lean but lithe, glossy and airy, nearly levitating and alive. This is Grner at its most perfumed, sweet apples and pears, nearly caramelized while also mineral