Shy Susan Gruner Veltliner 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Shy Susan Gruner Veltliner 2024.

Shy Susan Gruner Veltliner 2024
$40, 13%, screwcap, Alpine Valleys

This was matured in old, neutral puncheons and has taken on some grip, texture and softness as a result. In any case it’s a wine with ample flavour and the mouthfeel to go with it. It smells and tastes of white pepper, aromatic herbs, apple, nectarine and preserved citrus. The slatey, stone-like quality of the finish is of particular note; it gives the wine both emphasis and a nod to savouriness. There’s also a tautness to this wine. It’s terrific. 95 points.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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