We tried last night (8/16/17) Some New Whites:
1. IngridGroiss RoterVeltliner Reserve Niederosterreich (13.5%; www.Ingrid-Groiss.At) Breitenwaida 2012: Light gold
color; quite fragrant floral/spicy/mango/honeysuckle light earthy very attractive nose; fairly tart floral/
honeysuckle/spicy/mango slight earthy fairly rich flavor; very long tart/tangy balanced strong floral/honeysuckle/
mango/orange light earthy finish; unusually fragrant & perfumed for a RV; one of the best RV I've had. $30.00 (BWM)
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2. IngridGroiss GrunerVeltliner DAC: Weinviertel Reserve In der Schablau (13%; 50+ yr old vines) 2015: Light gold color;
very strong GV/white pepper very floral/gardenia/carnations very perfumed/aromatic beautiful nose; slight prickle
fairly tart very spicy/GV/white pepper/very spicy/floral/gardenias slight metallic/tangy light earthy bit complex
flavor; very long/lingering very spicy/GV/white pepper/GV very floral/aromatic/gardenias light earthy fairly tangy/tart
rather rich/lush finish; a terrific very spicy/high-toned expression of GV; a stunning GV. $36.00 (BWM)
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3. Weingut Christ DAC: Wiener Gemischter Satz (12.0%; CarloHuberSlctns/Salisbury/CT; www.weingut-christ.at/) Wein
2014: Med.light gold color; very strong very spicy black&white pepper/floral slight valve oil/R-like bit steely/
metallic very perfumed/aromatic rather complex nose; quite tart/tangy somewhat rich very spicy/peppery/floral some
Mosel valve oil/R-like balanced some complex beautiful Flavor; very long/lingering rather R-like/Mosel valve oil/petrol
very spicy/floral/carnations/peppery rather tart/tangy/bit metallic complex finish; seems to have a lot of R character;
a beautiful GS at a great price. $24.00 (BWM)
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4. Syncline GrunerVeltliner ColumbiaGorge (13.1%; www.SynclineWine.com) Lyle 2014: Light gold color;
rather earthy/dusty light GV/white pepper/green apple/perfumed talc rather bland nose; bit soft slight
tangy/metallic some GV/pepper/perfumed talc some quince/green apple rat[/b]her simple flavor; med.short soft
slight GV/pepper some apple/quince finish; speaks very quietly and not as good as even the most quotidian
Austrian GV. $26.00 (BWM)
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5. Illahe GrunerVeltliner Estate/WillametteVlly/OR (13%; illahevineyards.com) Dallas/OR 2015: Light gold color;
some reductive/dirty sweat sox/sewer gas nose that clears to very quiet GV/floral/perfumed talc bit funky nose;
soft bit perfumed talc/earthy very light GV/white pepper flavor; med.short slight funky/perfumed talc/earthy
very weak GV/floral/pepper finish; barely identifiable as GV and rather on the innocuous/dull side. $22.00 (BWM)
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6. Manni Nossing GrunerVeltliner DOC: Sudtirol Eisacktaler AltoAdige/ValleIsarco (13.5%; KermitLynch)
Bressanone/Brixen 2015: Med.light gold color; rather earthy/dusty light GV/white pepper slight chalky rather
pleasant nose; fairly tart/tangy/grapefruity/metallic light GV/floral/white pepper fairly earthy/dusty/chalky
attractive flavor; long tart/metallic/grapefruity some GV/white pepper/floral fairly earthy/chalky/stony finish;
an unusual expression of GV spoken with a Sudtirol accent; lacks the strong aromatics of Austrian GV but a
rather interesting GV; bit pricey at $36.00 (BWM)
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7. St.Michael-Eppan Schulthauser Weissburgunder/PinotBianco Dd'C: Sudtirol/AltoAdige (14%) SanMichele/
Appiano/AltoAdige 2015: Light gold color; some melony/Chard-like/lemony very spicy/floral/carnations some earthy/
dusty/chalky quite attractive perfumed nose; lightly tart rather floral/carnations/melony/lemony very spicy some
earthy/stony lovely flavorl very long/lingering tart/tangy some earthy/chalke very spicy/floral/carnations/melony/
lemony bit complex very perfumed finish; speaks of the Sudtirol but an unusually perfumed wine; one of the best
PinotBlancs from the Sudtirol I can recall; very fairly priced at $24.00 (DiVino)
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8. PuntaCrena Pigato Vigneto Ca da Rena Dd'OC: Riviera Ligure di Ponente(12.5%; KermitLynch;
www.PuntaCrena.It) 2014: Light gold color; quite spicy/lemony/floral/Vermentino slight earthy spicy very pretty nose;
fairly tart strong Vermen/spicy/floral/lemony slight earthy bright/vibrant somewhat saline/savory flavor; very long
Verm/floral/gardenias/lemony some earthy bright/saline finish; quite an attractive Ligurian Vermentino.
$32.00 (DiVino)
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9. Tenuta Sant'Helena RibollaGialla IGT: Delle Venezie (13%) Fantinel/Spilimbergo 2013: Med.gold color; somewhat peppery/
RG/spicy slight stony/earthy fairly attractive nose; rather tart/tangy fairly peppery/RG/spicy some stony/mineral/
earthy bit austere flavor; med.long tart/tangy some RG/white pepper earthy/stovy/chalky rather tart/austere finish;
a solid/tasty 4-square Friuli RG but nothing particularly distinguished. $26.00 (DiVino)
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10. Matthiasson RibolaGialla MatthiassonVnyd/NapaVlly (12.2%) Napa 2014: Med.gold color; strong cidery/phenolic/resiny
some honeyed/honeycomb some white pepper/RG spicy fairly complex nose; somewhat tart/tangy rather phenolic/resiny/cidery/
skin-contact bit tannic some peppery/RG/earthy honeycomb/honeyed bit saline rather savory flavor w/ light tannins;
very long rather resiny/cidery/phenolic rather tart/austere some RG/pepper/earthy some honeyed/honeycomb finish w/
light brittle tannins; quite an interesting savory expression of RG. $45.00
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11. Guerra Albano Friulano DOC: FriuliColliOrientali (13%; L2FR/16) Guerra Dario/Torreano/Udine 2015: Med.light gold color;
very fragrant TF/floral/mango light earthy quite pretty nose; lightly tart pretty floral/TF/mango/orange bright/zippy
lightly spicy flavor; very long bright/spicy floral/TF/orange/mango slight earthy finish; quite a pretty lip-smackin'
good Friuli Friulano. $23.00 (WoP)
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12. Maeli Bianco DOCG: Fior d'Arancio ColliEuganei (MoscatoGiallo; 12.5%; www.MaeliWine.It) Torreglia/Padova
2015: Light gold color; strong very aromatic very muscatty/linool/cheap hair oil quite perfumed nose; fairly tart
very muscatty/cheap hair oil bit orangey/honeyed totally dry slight bitter/tangy/metallic light earthy/mineral lovely
flavor; very long strong muscatty/cheap hair oil bit earthy dry fairly tart slightly bitter finish; some like Alsatian
Muscat but more rich/lush character. $24.00 (BWM)
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More half-truths from the alt-BloodyPulpit:
1. Gruner: The two NW GV's were the first I've tried from the PacificNW. Both were pretty disappointing and not
even up to the level of the dull Zocker GV. I've had a few of the Syncline Rhone varietals that I rather liked.
The Illahe is a new wnry for me. The wines are made "naturally" by whatever definition you use.
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2. IngridGroiss: Definitely one of my favorite Austrian wine producers. RoterVeltliner (not related to Gruner
Veltliner) typically make a pleasant enough wine, but just that. This Roter was maybe the best one I've yet had.
We have the IngridGroiss wines here in NM, but the distributor seems very cautious on how much they bring in. Or the
AZ importer (CircoVino) doesn't allocate much to Fiasco here in NM. The '16's (GV/GS/Rose) came & went in a matter
of a few weeks.
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3. MoscatoGiallo: An ancient variety of likely MiddleEast origins. It is a parent of the more common MuscatBlanc
a PetitsGrains.
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4. Christ: This was my first experience w/ the wines of RanierChrist. I was quite impressed by this GS. The importer,
CarloHuberSlctns, is also a new one for me. He has a very interesting portfolio of exclusively Austrian wines.
I would like to try more of them.
Tom