Bründlmayer Grüner Veltliner Kamptal Terrassen 2015

Galloni über: Grüner Veltliner Kamptal Terrassen

-- Galloni: Ripe pear and honeydew melon generously inform the nose as well as the ingratiatingly polished, caressing palate. Happily, crunchy evocations of cucumber and fresh green bean along with an abundance of green herbal and stony nuances guarantee a finish of invigoration as well as refreshment, while a sweet-saline savor reminiscent of raw scallop activates the salivary glands. (An amusing but annoying technicality that typifies the latest development in Austrian labeling: The expression “Kamptaler Terrassen,” with which this bottling has long been labeled, was decreed an inadmissible geographical designation. But after Bründlmayer demonstrated that all of the vines supplying it are indeed on terraces, the authorities allowed that part to stand. And given that this wine has been officially “Kamptal DAC” ever since that designation was introduced, “Kamptal” is still prominent on the label. It just isn’t in direct conjunction with “Terrassen.”) - David Schildknecht 90/100