2015 Groiss Gemischter Satz

Groiss

Austria / Weinviertel / Groiss

Varieties: Gemischter Satz is a wine from different grape varieties that are grown together on the one vineyard. The grapes are harvested and processed together. It’s the most traditional way of planting in Austria. Among the varieties in the Gemischter Satz are Chardonnay, Müller Thurgau, Welschriesling, Grüner Veltliner, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Frühroter Veltliner, Neuburger, Zierfandler, Rotgipfler, Scheurebe, Roter Veltliner, Grauer Vöslauer, Hietl Rote, Weisse Vöslauer and Silberweisse.
Selectively hand-harvested over several passes, at the end of October, from plots on chalky conglomerate soils. Given five hours of skin contact before gentle pressing without stems. Fermented in stainless steel with a combination of neutral and indigenous yeasts and given three months on full lees.
Alcohol: 12.5%; Residual sugar: 3.8g/L (dry); Acidity: 7.4 g/L
Tasting: Complex, ripe aromas of quince, yellow plum and citrus. White blossom and lovely peach. Then fruit purity on the palate with just a touch of apricot. Bright, lively and long.

December, 2016

Mike Bennie

The Wine Front

93 points

A tonne of fun here, and just that touch of class needed to take things to the next level. Symphonic scents of tropical fruits, fresh flowers, herbs, alpine herbs, sweet and Thai spice. The palate is likewise complex, layered, intense, but so crisp and bright and crazily drinkable. It’s electric in tang of acid, but never harsh, just providing that cool, ballistic, thirst-slaking feel. Somewhere in the zone of just ripe Granny Smith apples with grapefruit juice squeezed on. Finishes brittle, zingy, almost numbing! Wow. Where’s the bucket of prawns?

Anne Krebiehl MW

Wine Enthusiast

92 points

While the nose is slow to express itself, the palate immediately bursts with crisp, tart apple, with fresh, green pear, with ripe but zesty citrus. There is an innate lightness and lovely depth in this unforced, honest and utterly refreshing wine. It comes on light feet and draws you in with its fresh-faced authenticity. More please.

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About Groiss

What a gorgeous discovery this was. Franz-Josef Gansberger – Goose to his friends – told us about his girlfriend’s wines when he was out here representing Weingut Stadt Krems for Riesling Downunder. We were drawn in by images of these divine vineyards of the Weinviertel – Austria’s largest and most diverse wine-growing area – and the story of a woman whose heart led her back from a high-flying marketing career to her grandmother’s vineyards. All deft touch and instinct, Ingrid’s philosophy in grounded on this love of these mature family vineyards. She picks by hand in several passes through the vineyards and ferments the juice using mainly ambient yeast. Oak is only a minor feature, but she makes the most of the fermentation lees to give texture and depth to her wines.
Bright, pretty and full of life, the wines of Ingrid Groiss are as at home in our portfolio as she is in Breitenwaida.

About

Ingrid Groiss is back where she belongs, in the small village of Breitenwaida, where her young self gambolled among the vines while her family made wine for their own Heuriger (tavern). The exciting steps towards quality in the Weinviertel helped persuade her to make a life of her love. She enrolled in Viticulture, Oenology and Wine Marketing at the University of Vienna and during those studies gained experience with producers such as Domäne Wachau, Birgit Braunstein and Birgit Eichinger.
At home, she had to play second fiddle to her chief winemaker dad until in 2010 she went head-to-head with her in a blind taste-off of their own wines, with the victor being handed the winemaker's reins. Needless to say Ingrid came out on top, and her parents are delighted to see her flourish.