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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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Cam Confidential
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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Pat
Verified Purchase
4/6/2020
another lovely new wine
a pleasant ripe fruit, floral nose. Without being sweet I taste honey and nectarine with just enough acidity to balance leaving a pleasing grassy note at the end. Easy to enjoy with a light meal.
NS
Verified Purchase
3/19/2020
Great Value
I always enjoy this GV, one of my favorite whites at a great value!
Shari
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3/17/2020
Like every other white I don't care for
This wine had no character and nothing distinguished it from most other whites I don' care for. Did nothi for me. Foid helped alittle.
Mark
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3/17/2020
CA does it again!
For an Austrian grape, this CA variety is better than the original. For me, it's a fantastic middle point of a Riesling and a Gewurtztraminer, but a taste all it's own. It's a nice opening wine and I often prefer it to a Pinot Gris because it has more body.
Jan
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3/17/2020
great find
Had never had a GV from the US before. This was a great find for a party wine price. Enjoyed it with fish. Absolutely will reorder for the summer.
Mike
Verified Purchase
3/17/2020
A great find!
A wonderful wine to have on hand for any any occasion. Something different with good fruit!
Eric
Verified Purchase
3/14/2020
Terrific
Bought this wine several times and have shared it with numerous people. One German friend said "I know what gruner is but what is Veltliner?"
She loved the wine. And at this incredible low price this is clearly the best deal of the last 12 months of CHW.
VenusdWino
Verified Purchase
3/1/2020
Lovely white but not well known
This is quite a remarkable wine. We had it with Chinese food and it was very complementary. The surprise is hardly any of my wino pals have heard of this varietal and neither had I. So glad I took a chance and tried it, Perfect balance of fruit to acidity and an ideal food wine (not just with Chinese!) I'm going get some more and share it with a friend who loves Sauvignon Blanc. I'm sure she's gonna love it.
Mike
Verified Purchase
2/17/2020
Nice all- around wine
Have only had GV's from Austria, and this was a great surprise. Whether as an aperitif of with seafood, this wine is perfect!
Donald
Verified Purchase
2/15/2020
Good for a change of pace
Nice to see something different in an American wine. Great when a light white is called for, and the price is ridiculous.