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2009 Weingut (Josef) Hirsch Gruner Veltliner Heiligenstein Erste Lage
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2009 Weingut (Josef) Hirsch Gruner Veltliner Heiligenstein Erste Lage

Producer: Weingut (Josef) Hirsch
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Gruner Veltliner
Origin: Austria
Region: Austria

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90 Points | International Wine Cellar , April 2011

Pale green-yellow. Crisp apple, marjoram and a hint of orange zest on the nose. Compact and firm on the palate, with fresh pear and green apple flavors. Lively acidity adds a racy edge to this intense wine. Apple, herbs and pepper linger long on the finish of this very appetizing wine.

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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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