1. Solminer GrunerVeltliner Curarse La Cruda Skin-Frmtd deLandaVnyd/LosOlivosDist (11.6%; #910 of 2626 btls) 2019: Med.dark gold color quite murky/cloudy; somewhat resiny/phenolic/ViniMacerati/cidery some GV/floral/white pepper/spicy complex/interesting attractive nose; quite tart/tangy/bit metallic some floral/GV/white pepper bit graham cracker fairly phenolic/VM/resiny/cidery totally dry bit austere some complex flavor w/ light tannic bite; very long/lingering some VM/skin-contact/resiny/phenolic light GV/floral/spicy/white pepper bit austere fairly complex finish w/ light tannic bite; a very well-made skin-contact white w/ great balance between VM/phenolic & GV fruit;should evolve into a very interesting wine over the next 4-10 yrs. $34.00
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. When I took this TN, the wine was still at a pretty cool temperature. As it warmed to room temperature, the phenolic character receeded into the background & the GV character came to the forefront. As I expected it would.
I first had this wine back in Oct on its release:
Tom/Oct wrote:2. Solminer GrunerVeltliner Curarse La Cruda Skin-Frmtd deLandaVnyd/LosOlivosDist (11.6%; #626 of 2626 btls) 2019: Light gold/bronze cloudy color; strong VinoMacerati/phenolic/quite resiny bit graham cracker/honeycomb some complex rather interesting nose; fairly tart strong resiny/phenolic/VM bit graham cracker/honeycomb some earthy flavor w/ light tannic bite; very long VM/phenolic/quite resiny some graham cracker/honey grahams light earthy finish; pretty much dominated by the phenolic character and no obvious GV varietal character. $34.00
The wine then was dominated by the phenolic character. That seems to be receeding a bit in this wine.
Tom