Hahndorf Hill Grüner Veltliner 2011
Patrick Haddock may think he pioneered the marketing slogans for Hahndorf Hill releases, but those 60s folksters Simon & Garfunkel were singing the virtues of Grüner Veltliner before Mr Pom was even drinking from a bottle!
"Slow down, you move too fast,
you've got to make the morning last
Just kickin' down the cobble-stones,
lookin' for fun and feelin' GrüVe"
you've got to make the morning last
Just kickin' down the cobble-stones,
lookin' for fun and feelin' GrüVe"
Hahndorf Hill first released a Grüner in 2010, and along with Lark Hill, Stoney Rise and K1 represent Australia's current producers of the variety.
Much more than a target for witty slogans, Hahndorf Hill have adopted the role of incubator and mentor for the variety in the Adelaide Hills, disseminating plant material around the region - enabling it to become recognised as its leading light.
This wine itself offers a pretty approach, florals, some crisp green apple and blossom, peach and white pepper. It does not, to me, smell as it tastes. Entry shows a slight minerally 'crunch' to the wine, offering up texture and a pulsing introduction to the acid of the wine.
The finish is dry, exhibiting a 'glacial' purity; fresh, driving and clean. Greater than the sum of its different parts, this went rather well with a Mee Goreng in these quarters. Seeing as Larry Jacobs doesn't, I'll take my hat off to him for a sterling wine.
Source: Sample
Much more than a target for witty slogans, Hahndorf Hill have adopted the role of incubator and mentor for the variety in the Adelaide Hills, disseminating plant material around the region - enabling it to become recognised as its leading light.
This wine itself offers a pretty approach, florals, some crisp green apple and blossom, peach and white pepper. It does not, to me, smell as it tastes. Entry shows a slight minerally 'crunch' to the wine, offering up texture and a pulsing introduction to the acid of the wine.
The finish is dry, exhibiting a 'glacial' purity; fresh, driving and clean. Greater than the sum of its different parts, this went rather well with a Mee Goreng in these quarters. Seeing as Larry Jacobs doesn't, I'll take my hat off to him for a sterling wine.
Source: Sample
Price: $28
Alcohol: 12%
Closure: Screwcap
Website: http://www.hahndorfhillwinery.com.au/
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