We have espoused on our version of the theory of relativity on a number of occasions.\u00a0 The heart of that theory is that one’s perception of a wine is greatly influenced by what else might be on the table.\u00a0 You are likely to have a better impression of a particular wine if it is tasted among lesser efforts, and, conversely, a really great wine’s magnitude might not be fully appreciated if it is tasted solely amongst other great wines.<\/p>\n
Given that belief, it would follow that the\u00a0Vorspannhof\u00a0Mayr Gruner\u00a0Veltliner Ried Loiser Weg Kremstal 2017<\/strong><\/a>, which we tasted after a knockout lineup of Ott Gruners, should have been swept away.\u00a0 The fact that it held its own in that company speaks volumes.\u00a0 From the northern end of Kremstal, near Kamptal, the soils here are loess and gravel, and the wine’s style and expression is much more ‘traditional’ with in the realm of Gruners.<\/p>\n Classic snap pea and watercress high tones with some white pepper and a little apricot, with a driving minerality and salinity through the middle to make everything sizzle, these folks are bringing it ‘old school’ in a good way.\u00a0 It could hang with the flashier Otts because of its drive.\u00a0 This one slices through food and leaves the palate energized for more, and the price performance in particular was impressive at $18.98.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We have espoused on our version of the theory of relativity on a number of occasions.\u00a0 The heart of that theory is that one’s perception of a wine is greatly influenced by what else might be on the table.\u00a0 You are likely to have a better impression of a particular wine if it is tasted … Continue reading “Classic Gruner at a sub-$20 fare”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[40],"tags":[9,206,207,474,473],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3082"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3087,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082\/revisions\/3087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}