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Wine Details
Opens with lovely nose of sweet, ripe lemon blossom and white peach notes underpinned with apricot, melon and orange marmalade notes. Fleshy and round on entry, but amply structured around a pretty, schisty minerality that leads to a clean, pure, tangerine driven finish with a kiss of white pepper. An incredibly versatile wine, feel confident serving this as an aperitif on its own or pairing it wine with anything from cheese, roasted chicken, and pork to seafood and spicy Asian cuisine.
- Vintage
- 2017
- Appellation
- Clarksburg
- Grape
- Gruner Veltliner
- Alcohol by Volume
- 13.5%
- Cases Produced
- 1000
- Drink/hold
- Now through 2023
- Release Email
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A crisp and dry white wine with origins in Austria, Gruner is known for its food pairing versatility and refreshing acidity. It's rarely planted outside of Austria, but California’s Clarksburg AVA features a microclimate and alluvial/riverbed soil structure perfect for growing this varietal – cool maritime breezes from the bay make for warm summer days and cool evenings usually about 10 degrees lower than Napa Valley just to the north. Produced by a family owned winery in Clarksburg dating back to the early 1900s, Lot 635 is fermented in stainless steel and aged on light lees for texture – a delicious Californian expression of an Austrian classic.
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Arielle
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9/10/2020
A nice blending of flavors
From the reviews I was expecting a much more acidic wine like a NZ Sauvignon Blanc (which I love). This was a surprise! Pale yellow in color as to be expected for this varietal. Smells like baked brie with honey, ripe peach, almost nutty. Tastes... Medium acidity, ripe peach at the front, butter in the middle and finishes off with a sightly bitter lemon flavor. It kind of reminds me of a combo of Sauvignon blanc and Chardonnay. Different than what I normally drink and for the price well worth it. I’m a fan!
Rich
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9/10/2020
Weird Name, great wine
Had doubts buying this, but have added additional bottles and find it to be an ideal summer sipper at an excellent price/value point.
NS
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9/9/2020
Always a Winner
I always enjoy this wine, it's a nice dry white at a great value!
NS
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9/9/2020
Good Dry White
This white is always a good choice at a great value!
Nick
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9/6/2020
Wow!
Fantastic quality for the price. Enjoyed with a light chicken dinner when opened and a rich salmon meal the next day. Nice companion for Hoth meals. Will likely order more!
Marian
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9/2/2020
Great Value
This was a clean crisp white which went well with seafood. Tastes great chilled on a hot summer night. We will buy this again!
Peter
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8/30/2020
OK but not the best from Cam
This was somewhere between OK and good. Cam has definitely raised expectations, so maybe if I had gotten this from somewhere else, I would have had a slightly better impression. Noting wrong with it really - paired well with our shrimp and zucchini "pasta" dish, and the price is right. But not the best we've had from CH Wine. Seems like I've had a better GV in Austria, but that's probably too be expected.
David
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8/30/2020
New try.
This was a first time trying this varietal. We were pleased at the crispness. It was almost a cousin of our fav-Pinot Blanc. Certainly good with our Seafood dish, and for the price point we will have to go here again.
William
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8/24/2020
Great Value
This is a delightful white which tastes like a more expensive Austrian or German wine. Fruity and bold with a nice balanced sweetness and acidity.
Mike
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8/21/2020
Nice everyday wine
This is our "go-to " wine for Tuesday night. The price is great it just goes so well with seafood......or as an apperitiff.