Weszeli, Grüner Veltliner, Langenlois

The 2015 growing season in Austria got off to a scary start, with a brief bout of hail thinning the potential crop by about a third, but the summer/fall that followed were as close to ideal as it gets along the Danube—delivering both Grüner Veltliner and Riesling that boasted that magical combination of racy acidity and deep fruit concentration. Year in and year out (and especially in years like ‘15), the organically farmed wines of Weszeli blow us away with their combination of impeccable craftsmanship and genuine value. Sourced from a multitude of steeply terraced vineyards in Langenlois, the heart of the Kamptal DAC, Weszeli’s 2015 release is a precise, perfumed expression of Grüner Veltliner with loads of spice and snap—a textbook study in varietal character that’s priced to buy by-the-case.Niederösterreich, or Lower Austria, is home to the country’s three most prestigious appellations, Kamptal, Kremstal and the Wachau, which all follow the path of the Danube River and deliver mesm