2021 Sohm & Kracher Gruner Veltliner “Lion”, Niederosterreich, Austria

What do you get when a world champion sommelier meets up with a world famous winemaker? The answer: a range of exciting food-friendly wines, of moderate alcohol and minerality, made from the local indigenous variety, grown in an emerging, under-appreciated area and now featuring on some of the best wine lists in the world. This 100% Gruner Veltliner, undergoes spontaneous fermentation. It ferments in stainless steel where it spends one year on its fine lees. It is a crisp, fresh, aperitif-style grüner that is salty and easy to drink.