Kamptal DACGrüner Veltliner Ried Lamm 1ÖTW 2022

Impressive, multifaceted bouquet marked by noble reduction, fine yeasty (and a touch of toasty) spice with flinty minerals, while, when opening up after several hours showing hints of white flowers, pome fruit, green nuts and a whiff of exotic fruit; starting creamy, then fresh, bone dry, and if not ‘juicy’ then mouth-watering, again with many fragrant hints of divers fruit (like above), followed by minerals and spice, very impressive too is the great balance, elegance and persistence until the almost salty final: This is finest, cool climate white wine!

hand-picked

Physiologically ripe and botrytis-free grapes were harvested in small cases at the end of November at low temperatures and transported as expediently as possible into the winery. Grapes are handled carefully without the use of pumps,then slowly and gently pressed to allow some skin contact yet avoiding the transfer of too harsh tannins or cloudy residues into the must.

The must ferments in 2-3 years old 300 liter Austrian oak (and partly new acacia) casks. After fermentation the wine is racked into 2500 liter oak or acacia barrels, together with 5-10% of the lees where it remains until bottling at the end of August of the following year.

A versatile wine that once matured, matches starters of all kinds; calf’s liver with fruits or even in combination with vegetables like onions; all types of roasted or boiled meats; mildly spiced Asian dishes, well-seasoned fish and roasted goose ore duck; mature “GV Lamm” accompanies semi mature cheeses such as cheddar or medium aged goat cheese.