Weingut Hirsch Ried Kammern Gaisberg Erste Lage Gruner Veltliner 2020
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Still some youthful funk on the nose, but with a little aeration a wide spectrum of baking spices (nutmeg) emerge from this very elegant and graceful Grüner Veltliner. Extremely long, silky finish with complex herbal and citric notes.
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The 2020 Ried Gaisberg Kammern 1ÖTW Kamptal Grüner Veltliner offers a clear, pure, fresh and finely reductive bouquet that represents a rather coolish character. Juicy, piquant and round but also immediately salty on the palate, this is a dense, intense and elegant, pretty smooth and fleshy Veltliner with fine tannins and lingering salty acidity. Good complexity and length.
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This silky wine offers classic aromas and flavors of white pepper, citrus and orchard fruit, as well as an underlying streak of savory minerality. It is precise and crystalline, with beautiful harmony overall. Persistent and mouthwatering, the finish invites you for another sip.
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Hirsch takes full advantage of the distinct terroirs found in the Lamm, Gaisberg and Heiligenstein vineyards. Johannes farms his vineyards sustainably and biodynamically and is certified by RESPEKT! Natural efforts have been made to ensure physiologically ripe grapes including high density planting, low trellising, canopy management and handpicking.
Fun to say and delightfully easy to drink, Grüner Veltliner calls Austria its homeland. While some easily quaffable Grüners come in a one-liter—a convenient size—many high caliber single vineyard bottlings can benefit from cellar aging. Somm Secret—About 75% of the world’s Grüner Veltliner comes from Austria but the variety is gaining ground in other countries, namely Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the United States.
Climbing north and slightly east of the Kremstal region, Kamptal has very little vineyard area bordering the Danube River (unlike Wachau and Kremstal, whose vineyards run along it). The region takes its name from the river called Kamp, which traverses it north and south. Kamptal’s densely planted vineyards represent eight percent of Austria’s total.
The area experiences wide diurnal temperature variations like the Wachau but with less rain and more frost. Its vast geologic diversity makes it suitable for various experimentations with other varieties besides Grüner Veltliner and Riesling, such as Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc (Weissburgunder), Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, St. Laurent and Zweigelt.
But the region is probably most noted for the beautiful and expansive terraced Heiligenstein, arguably one of the world’s top Riesling sites, as well as some of Austria’s most extraordinary Grüner Veltliner vineyards. Kamptal’s soils, which are mostly loess and sand with some gravel and rocks, make it suitable for Grüner Veltliner, so much so that actually half of the zone is planted to that grape.