Bernhard Ott, Gruner Veltliner Ried Stein Kamptal DAC, 2021
Bernhard Ott's Gruner has always sizzled with intensely mineral character, and the Ried Stein bottling cranks that up to its most serious expression. Stein is the only site in the area with this exact mix of geology: Gfohler gneiss at the base, layers of red and white sand, chalk and a cap of loess, deposited eons ago by an ancient arm of the Danube. That patchwork is what gives the wine its flinty, stony bite. Ott farms biodynamically and ferments this in stainless steel, leaving it on the lees until late-summer bottling for texture without any oaky flavor. The 2021 is a fresh, classic vintage and this is a grown-up Gruner with the structure to age, not a quaffer. Decant or give it time in the glass.
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Bernhard Ott's Gruner has always sizzled with intensely mineral character, and the Ried Stein bottling cranks that up to its most serious expression. Stein is the only site in the area with this exact mix of geology: Gfohler gneiss at the base, layers of red and white sand, chalk and a cap of loess, deposited eons ago by an ancient arm of the Danube. That patchwork is what gives the wine its flinty, stony bite. Ott farms biodynamically and ferments this in stainless steel, leaving it on the lees until late-summer bottling for texture without any oaky flavor. The 2021 is a fresh, classic vintage and this is a grown-up Gruner with the structure to age, not a quaffer. Decant or give it time in the glass.
