2023 Grüner Veltliner

Grüner Veltliner

Clare Valley

Seafood

2023

Light straw colour.

Quince and grapefruit, lemon pith and mandarin oil, freshly cut oak.

Spiced pear and green apple flesh on the palate with lively grapefruit acidity, warm spice finish.

Drink now or cellar for 10 years.

Grüner Veltliner’s history in Australia is quite young, with the first only produced in 2009. Planted in 2014 this vineyard is the first planting of this Austrian variety in the Clare Valley. Minimal winemaker impact. Pure, vineyard defined wine.

10% wild ferment in oak, 90% innocculated ferment in stainless steel.

Alcohol - 12%

pH - 3.10

Acidity - 7.3g/L

92 Points - Halliday Wine Companion
"The fruit comes from Watervale. The wine sees some time in oak, of which 10% is new and French. Succulent white just shy of medium weight with nashi pear, ginger, cashew nut savouriness and faint anise notes in the perfume. On the palate, more nashi pear with a splash of tonic water, some pleasing, bitter lemon qualities and more of the nuttiness of the bouquet. Very well balanced and refreshing, it's a quiet wine that delivers plenty in its understated (and highly drinkable!) way." - Mike Bennie