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Melusine Gruner Veltliner Lyra 2003, 750 ml

A stunning example of the heights that Gruner Veltliner wines are capable of: complex, full, and with elevated fruit and great spice notes such as white pepper on the finish. This wine has great strength, and yet is soft in its presentation. The Melusine project is from vintner Marion Ebner, using grapes which she carefully tended herself in the vineyards at the Schloss Gobelsburg winery. ‘Lyra’ describes the way she trains her vines, and ‘Melusine’ is for the siren call of the mermaid. A very different style of Gruner Veltliner from those that we carry from the Wachau region: this one is also from Lower Austria, but from the Kamptal region. Only 600 bottles made, 400 of which were imported into the US by Winemonger (100 of which were pre-reserved by restaurants before we could even ship them over!), and we periodically release small allotments of them as they age. This wine and its winemaker are creating a big buzz in the wine press in Austria. Serve chilled. Imported in 2005.

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• 100% - Gruner Veltliner (AKA Weissgipfler)

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