Stadlmann Gruner Veltliner 2024 SF Chronicle A Burgundy white that punches

A Burgundy white that punches well above its appellation

and acacia in its aromatic complexity

Sauvignon blanc & semillion

000 bottles of Champagne each year in Anselme Selosse’s cellar in Avize

Stadlmann Gruner Veltliner 2024 SF Chronicle A Burgundy white that punchesForget the loess grown, opulent Gruner you know this one is built on limestone. The Stadlmann family has farmed Austria's Thermenregion, just south of Vienna, since 1780, working east facing slopes of mixed limestone and clay. That stony soil gives an elegantly chalky, saline Gruner that's leaner and more mineral than most. It's fermented spontaneously in large neutral casks, bottled unfined and barely filtered, and rarely tops 12. 5% alcohol. Crisp