WTN: Kamptal Racetrack’s Five Miles Long

[David M. Bueker]

• 1999 Weingut Willi Bründlmayer Grüner Veltliner Alte Reben Kamptal - Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal (10/25/2025)
  Served as part of a large group dinner, this bottle stole the show for me and many other participants. Long-aged Grüner Veltliner isn’t something a lot of people have tried, so it was a bit of an unknown quantity for most. With a rich, almost to the point of unctuous palate presence, warm spice, classic white pepper, and still a touch of that green, cress-like freshness, this was about as complete a bottle as I have ever tasted in my 30 years of drinking the grape.

Sounds great. I'm a Brundlmayer fan, and have had many great '99 Austrians, but not this to memory. Those that had were lucky!