2024 Gruner Veltliner

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Fiddlestix, Sta. Rita Hills

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A crisp, bright, and aromatic white wine, our 2024 Gruner Veltliner is a perfect match for spicy fare such as Thai, Szechuan, Indian, and Vietnamese dishes. Flashy lychee, and spicy passion fruit aromatics leap from the glass. The first sip is characterized by fleshy stonefruit and refreshing acidity. Ripe grapefruit carries through to the finish with its citrus zest. Stock up to pair with your favorite take-out. Drink now.

Appellation	Sta. Rita Hills
Vineyard	Fiddlestix
Alcohol	13.80%
Volume	750 ml
Cases Produced	225

James Suckling 92 Lush in texture yet with balanced, medium-grained tannins and pert acidity. This shows loamy earth, juniper, steeped tea, forest fruit and mountain berries, all ending on a saline and green olive note. Drink or hold.

Cristaldi Score 93 Sourced from the Fiddlestix Vineyard, fermented in stainless steel, and aged in 500L Austrian oak barrels. The aromatics are strikingly exotic, bursting with beeswax and honeycomb, a touch of spiced sea salt, citrus peel, flint, and wet river stone. The mid-palate is creamy, showing pear and apple framed by crisp acidity and firm stony minerality. It’s certainly an oyster wine, but it also pairs beautifully with sheep’s milk and goat cheeses—especially those wrapped in cedar or dusted with herbs—thanks to the wine’s savory beeswax, honeycomb, and dried white-floral character.

An amazing wine that is both dense and nervy, the 2024 Koehler ‘FiddleStix’ Gruner Veltliner is loaded with rich melon fruits that combine with pink grapefruit water, kumquat zest and stony minerals alongside a seamless texture. Enjoy now and over the next few years. Drink 2025-2032- 93 Owen Bargreen