{"id":6465,"date":"2013-01-20T19:48:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T19:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=6465"},"modified":"2013-01-20T19:48:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T19:48:23","slug":"two-good-affordable-gruner-veltliners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/austria\/two-good-affordable-gruner-veltliners","title":{"rendered":"Two good, affordable Gruner Veltliners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMGP0093.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6474\" title=\"grunerveltliner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMGP0093.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMGP0093.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMGP0093-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMGP0093-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMGP0093-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have a soft-spot for Gruner Veltliner, the wonderful Austrian white grape variety that the Kiwis are now beginning to plant.<\/p>\n<p>Here are two good, affordable examples. The problem with cheap Gruner is that it can end up being just a fresh, rather anonymous dry white wine. This pair manage to combine a low price point with a bit of\u00a0varietal character.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laurenz und\u00a0Anna Sunny Gruner Veltliner 2011 Austria<\/strong><br \/>\n12% alcohol. Tight, mineral, citrussy and bright with some grapefruit character. Real precision here: this is lively with some peppery notes and delicious freshness. 88\/100 (\u00a310.99 Morrisons)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMGP0060.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6475\" title=\"IMGP0060\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMGP0060.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMGP0060.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMGP0060-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMGP0060-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMGP0060-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Domaine Wachau Gruner Veltliner Terraces 2011 Wachau, Austria<\/strong><br \/>\n13% alcohol. Lively, fresh and quite mineral with lovely pear and citrus fruit, and a hint of melon. Stylish, precise and a bit pithy. Good depth of flavour, with a bit of pepper. 89\/100 (\u00a37.39 \u00a0Waitrose)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a soft-spot for Gruner Veltliner, the wonderful Austrian white grape variety that the Kiwis are now beginning to plant. Here are two good, affordable examples. The problem with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[356,357],"class_list":["post-6465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austria","tag-austria","tag-gruner-veltliner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6465"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6476,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6465\/revisions\/6476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}