2014 Grüner Veltliner Supperin Wachau Pichler-Krutzler

The 2014 Grüner Veltliner Supperin has a beautifully clear, cool and intense nose that intertwines ripe white fruits with delicately stony and zesty flavors. Medium-bodied, clear and fruity on the palate, with a stimulating piquancy, this is a well structured, balanced and super digestible Veltliner with a very good, intense finish. I just love it.

An olive-oil-like impression of pepper and herbs is projected on an expansive and silken palate, with a crunchy counterpoint of piquant, dark leafy greens. Analytically, the acidity here is surprisingly low for this vintage, but the effect is by no means one of deficiency. This finishes low-toned and ash-, white-pepper- and Lataki- tobacco-tinged as well as impressively persistent. Krutzler didn't even finalize the blend for this wine, nor sulfur its contents, until June 21, nearly a month after I tasted his first cut at an assemblage, and the bottled results integrate the contributions of oak and display sap and refreshment that I had not initially thought possible.