"Oh My God!!!"

2009 Nikolaihof Gruner Veltliner "Hefeabzug" Wachau, Austria 11.5% alcohol $30
When we went to the Cheese Shop in Carmel, CA we got some help from Kent, the owner. He started talking about red wines from the Jura, France and how he was totally in love with Poulsard, an obscure red varietal just east of Burgundy. However, we asked about Nikolaihof and he just about had an orgasm, as he exclaimed, "Oh-My-God!". We were sold. When we got it back to my apartment, we watched "A Good Year" and were somewhat captivated by the movie, but our attention should've went towards the wine. It didn't. If it was life-altering, we would've wrote tasting notes three weeks ago--sorry we don't have generic flavor profiles for this one, but we did drink the whole bottle. Oh yeah, and the sex we had was like..."Oh-My-God!!!"

Gruner Got Game?

2008 Setzer Gruner Veltliner, Howenworth, Wienviertel, Austria ($8 for a l liter from Pacific Grove Wine Market)
We had this by itself. However, Gruner screams for food and so, we paired it with kalamata olives. It worked magnificently magical. It brought the wine from a C- to a C+. The acidity was lacking, it had a slight prickle, and showed green celerey characteristics. There wasn't much fruit and it seemed a touch oxidized. So slightly drinkable.

Kremstal

2006 Nigl “Kremser Freiheit” Gruner Veltliner – I tasted this with Ben Edwards and Arturo Salazar at my apartment. Since I tasted the wine blind, I thought it was Alsacian, but was bigger and had more of a prickle. Arturo guessed Gruner, but I thought it was a Riesling. I remember it being really crisp, clean (stainless steel fermented). Last tasted fall of 2010 Drink now-2015 