Nigl Gruner Veltliner Freiheit
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Austria, Kremstal
2010
Price: $24.99The Wine... Here on the
northern edge of Kremstal, from a single
steep vineyard site called Senftenberg, Martin Nigl makes wines that
are probably the greatest of this region. They have clear minerality
lacking most elsewhere in Kremstal. In this Gruner bottling Nigl
employs controlled skin contact to create a wine with more substance
and texture. The wine is totally complete, special.
The Cellar... Why are Martin Nigl's wines special? He does the
detail work necessary to make wines of almost unnatural clarity and
vibrancy. The wine is bottled unfined, to avoid robbing it of
complexity. The wines are also bottled in the morning, while the juice
is cool, to preserve freshness. Fermentations are
temperature-controlled at Nigl. His place is special- apparently Martin
Nigl also runs a small restaurant in the shadow of a ruined castle in
the village of Senftenberg.
The Land... Nigl's region of the Kremstal shares similar weather
to the western Wachau. The vineyards of Kremstal line the banks of the
Danube. The area is relatively small: barely nine miles wide, with
around 2,000 total hectares under vine. The city of Krems is one of the
oldest documented Austrian settlements, and vines have been grown here
basically forever. Wide day/night temperature variation and
heat-retaining Urgestein soil forge the character of Nigl's wine. In
short, this is ideal territory for white grapes, which make up the
great majority of the output of Kremstal.
