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2008 Rudi Pichler Gruner Veltliner Smaragd Hochrain
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2008 Rudi Pichler Gruner Veltliner Smaragd Hochrain

Producer: Rudi Pichler
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Gruner Veltliner
Origin: Austria
Region: Austria

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93 Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2009

($75) Medium green-yellow. Initially shy nose reveals aromas of Golden Delicious apple, greengage plum, dried apricot and smoky flint with aeration. Rather full in the mouth, with flavors similar to the aromas. Taut acids and abundant peppery spice contribute to the impression of definition and firm structure. This beautifully balanced wine finishes very long, with sweet plum and apple flavors. Drink 2011 to 2023.

93 Points | Wine Spectator

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About Austria

Austrian wine has rapidly gained in international stature in the past decade, mostly on the strength of Austria's dry white wines produced within a 20-mile radius of the small city of Krems on the Danube, less than 50 miles west of Vienna. The steep, terraced, riverside vineyards of the Wachau, immediately west of Krems, as well as geologically diverse sites on the edges of the city and to the north in the Kamptal, yield...
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Gruner Veltliner

Finding Gruner Veltliner, a wine known for its spicy minerality and firm acidity, used to be a real challenge in the United States. But even though Austrians still keep the bulk of the wine that they produce for themselves, Gruner Veltliner, the most distinctive and widely grown grape in Austria, is rapidly gaining popularity elsewhere thanks to its food-friendliness and...
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