2016 Skeleton Grüner
Veltliner Review
Price:
$10.95/bottle (Sherry-Lehman.com)
Alcohol:
12.5%
Body:
Light
Sweetness:
Semi-dry
Varietals:
100% Grüner Veltliner
Tasting
Notes: Chilled ~30 mins
The
appearance of this “Gru-Vee” is light gold, with uniformly slow
moving legs. On the nose, this wine struggles to open up, with slight
peach and lemon/lime zest battling with a more dominant petrichor
scent. Obvious citrus becomes present on the front palate; lemon,
lime, tangerine, and slight grapefruit attempt to lift the unusually
flat feel, to little avail. In the mid-palate, the acidity makes a
roaring comeback, playing nicely with beautiful minerality and
apricot notes. The finish, along with the mid-palate, fights to save
this wine from anonymity, and does so wonderfully with a delightful
lingering mouth feel, and bright structure. Glowing minerality and
shining acidity place me in the stone lined hills of a vineyard in
Austria on a sunny, summer day. Where this wine struggles in the
beginning of the tasting experience, it excels defiantly in the
mid-palate and finish. For eleven dollars, not a bad summer wine.
Rating:
***
Try/Buy/Pass:
TRY
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