2008 Hesketh Wine Company Perfect Stranger Gruner Veltliner, Kremstal, Austria
| 2008 | 2010 |
Known before 1998 as the Beautiful Stranger.
Tasting note: Lively and persuasive gruner at the alcohol level that I think best suits the style; made by the infinitely Bert Salomon at the Salomon winery in Austria. (30-Nov-2009) [James Halliday]
Price Range of 750ml bottle, ex-tax in USD
Average: $18
From: $17 To: $20
| Critic | Score | When to drink |
| James Halliday | 94/100 | 2009 to 2018 |
| Huon Hooke | 85/100 |
Gruner Veltliner – the 'signature' grape of Austria – is by far the nation's most widely planted wine grape. As Austria battles its way back onto the international wine market as a key wine-producing nation, crisp, subtly spicy Gruner Veltliner has been its flagship wine.
The variety's name might be hard to pronounce for the uninitiated, but Austria's incisive marketeers have turned this to their advantage, dubbing the variety 'Gru-Ve', or even 'Groovy'. Gruner means 'green' and neatly reflects not only the variety's yellowish-green berries, but also the freshness and green-pepper character which typifies Gruner Veltliner wines. Veltliner – a suffix shared by several European grape varieties (notably pink-skinned Roter Veltliner) – is a referen ... more
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Kremstal wine region
Kremstal is a wine-producing region sandwiched between Wachau and Kamptal in Austria's Niederosterreich district. Rich, peppery Gruner Veltliner and aromatic Riesling are the main wines produced in the region.
Kremstal’s vineyards reach from the steep terraces that border the Wachau region to the gentle rolling hills surrounding the villages of Rohrendorf and Gedersdorf in the east. Vineyards can be found on both the north and south sides of the Danube River, which cuts the region neatly in half.
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Niederosterreich [Lower Austria] wine region
Niederosterreich, or Lower Austria, is a wine-producing region in the north-east of Austria that borders Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Responsible for roughly half of Austria’s total wine output, it is the country’s largest wine region, both geographically and in terms of production. A variety of different grape varieties are gro ... more
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