Barbara Öhlzelt Grüner Leader
$22.00
1 in stock
Vintage: 2021
Region: Kamptal, Austria
Viticulture: Practicing Organic
Grape varieties: 100% Grüner Veltliner
Barbara Öhlzelt Grüner Leader is another smashable, liter-sized bottle of Grüner Veltliner goodness. A blend of all of Barbara’s vineyards with an average age of 35 years. Hand-picked through several passes in the vineyard to get optimal ripeness and acidity. Minimal intervention in the winery with aging in stainless steel tanks before bottling. A racy and zippy white with lemon, lime, flint, and white pepper aromas and flavors. Always great with seafood dishes and green veggies.
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Additional information
| NATTINESS | Not Natty |
|---|---|
| FRUIT | Green Apple, Lemon, Lime |
| BODY | Light-bodied |
| ACIDITY | Electric (High) |
| OAK | No Oak |
| SWEETNESS | Dry |
| ALCOHOL | 12-13% |
| TANNIN | None |
| SULFUR | Low Sulfur (less than 50mg/L) |
| VEGAN | Not Vegan |
| SERVING TEMP | Chilled Whites and Rosés (48°–52°) |
| IMPORTER | Vom Boden |
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ABOUT THE PRODUCER
About Barbara Öhlzelt Grüner Leader
Barbara Öhlzelt Grüner Leader is another smashable, liter-sized bottle of Grüner Veltliner goodness. A blend of all of Barbara’s vineyards with an average age of 35 years. Hand-picked through several passes in the vineyard to get optimal ripeness and acidity. Minimal intervention in the winery with aging in stainless steel tanks before bottling. A racy and zippy white with lemon, lime, flint, and white pepper aromas and flavors. Always great with seafood dishes and green veggies.
About Barbara Öhlzelt
Barbara Öhlzelt is turning the region’s paradigm completely on its head. Instead of the unctuous, powerful, and masculine wines of the famous large estates, Barbara’s wines emphasize focus and a quiet, simmering intensity. They are fine, clearly delineated, precisely-etched renditions of Grüner Veltliner and Riesling with just as much depth and persistence as the big boys, but on a lighter, more refreshing frame. They really are like the wines of Weiser-Künstler, but translated into the dialect of the Kamptal – loess, granite, and sandstone, rather than slate. It should go without saying, but of course, the wines are loaded with mouth-watering acidity, and the alcohol levels are carefully restrained. Barbara is soft-spoken but intense; the wines are not unlike their shepherd. These are racy, delicate wines of purity and energy, and are exactly what the next chapter in the story of Austrian wine should be.