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Since 1980 this talented winemaker has transformed 125 acres of terraces, set above the Danube in Langenlois, into a beacon for Austrian wine. Jancis Robinson on Willi Bründlmayer
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2015 Bründlmayer Lamm Grüner Veltliner
Bründlmayer
The Lamm vineyard has a soil of chalky clay and loess on siltstone. It is a south-facing slope bordering the east of the “Heiligenstein” – one of the warmest sites in our wine growing area.
Grapes from this site reach a high degree of ripeness and concentration, which bring a generous expression more generally associated with Burgundy varieties. While “Lamm” is the quintessence of a monumental Grüner Veltliner, it abandons the lightness and prickle that Grüner Veltliner usually stands for.
Physiologically ripe and botrytis-free grapes were harvested in small cases at the end of November at low temperatures and transported as fast as possible into the winery. Grapes are handled carefully without the use of pumps,then slowly and gently pressed to allow some skin contact yet avoiding the transfer of too harsh tannins or cloudy residues into the must.
The must ferments in 2-3 years old 300-litre Austrian oak (and partly new acacia) casks. After fermentation the wine is racked into 2500-litre oak or acacia barrels, together with 5-10% of the lees where it remains until bottling at the end of August of the following year.
September, 2017
\Wine Advocate
94 points
The intensely yellow colored 2015 Lamm 1ÖTW Grüner Veltliner is rich and intense as well as precise and herbal on the nose, provided with fine but complex aromas that are not all too fruity and instead leave the stage to the characteristic mineral and lemony/herbal flavors of the Lamm. On the palate, this is a very round, elegant, finessed and fruity Grüner Veltliner whose power and richness is greatly balanced. The finish is long and salty, full of finesse and tension and reveals fine tannins. On the first day, straight after the bottle was opened, this 2015 reminded me of "the new" Californian cool-climate Chardonnays in terms of fruit, freshness and elegance. But, after one day in the decanter, the 2015 became a real Lamm: intense and complex but highly elegant, finessed and balanced. The finish was stunningly pure, refined and mineral and revealed a lot of salt. Very delicate.
August, 2016
jancisrobinson.com
17/20
Very different from Brandl's Lamm. Smells and tastes as if there was a mild oak influence. Creamy and spiced and good harmony between the oak influence and the fruit, plenty of spice from both. Very good freshness and zesty length. A successful oak-fermented Grüner.
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