white grape · regional staple
Grüner Veltliner
Lower Austria, Austria
Say it
groo·nerfelt·lin·er
German V is /f/; say FELT, not VELT. The ü is a rounded front vowel approximated as 'oo' by most American speakers.
On the palate
Body
medium
Acidity
high
Aromatics
medium
limegreen applegrapefruitwhite peachlemonwhite pepper
How you spot it blind: white-pepper spice from rotundone present even in young, unoaked wines
The story
First written down · 1855, Austria
Late-1990s DNA work secured Savagnin Blanc as one parent; the second, St. Georgener-Rebe, was confirmed in 2007 from a single vine found in an abandoned Burgenland pasture in 2000.
Family tree: ? × SAVAGNIN BLANC
Where it lives
Wachau, Austria · Kamptal, Austria · Kremstal, Austria · Weinviertel, Austria · Traisental, Austria
Shows up as
still whitesweetWachauKamptal DACKremstal DACWeinviertel DAC