Alexander Zahel
2025 Retzer Land Grüner Veltliner
Grüner Veltliner with a little more weight. Not the quick, peppery, gulp-it-down version, but something deeper, calmer, and more complex. It still has that fresh Grüner backbone, but the fruit feels riper and more golden, with pear skin, yellow apple, and quince. It sits in that beautiful middle place where Grüner can be both generous and precise. Open it with ceviche, sushi, spicy Thai food, or Tafelspitz, Austria’s very polite way of saying boiled beef, but somehow making it feel roya
Region: Niederösterreich
Appellation: Niederösterreich
Varietal/Blend: 100% Grüner Veltliner
ABV: 12%
Vineyard: Organic and biodynamic grapes from Lower Austria, rooted in gneiss and sandstone soils. Hand-harvested on September 6, 2025.
Cellar: Whole-bunch pressed and fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeast in 1,200-litre Austrian oak casks. Aged five months on fine lees before bottling, unfined, unfiltered, and with minimal sulphur.
CSPC: 151749
What the Critics are saying: []
Region: Niederösterreich
Appellation: Niederösterreich
TECHNICAL INFO
Varietal/Blend: 100% Grüner Veltliner
ABV: 12%
Vineyard: Organic and biodynamic grapes from Lower Austria, rooted in gneiss and sandstone soils. Hand-harvested on September 6, 2025.
Cellar: Whole-bunch pressed and fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeast in 1,200-litre Austrian oak casks. Aged five months on fine lees before bottling, unfined, unfiltered, and with minimal sulphur.
CSPC: 151749
Winemakers Note: []
What the Critics are saying: []
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