2019 Gritsch-Mauritiushof Kirchpoint Grüner Veltliner Federspiel Wachau

The 2019 Gritsch Mauritiushof Kirchpoint Grüner Veltliner Federspiel is a white wine whose tension and precision rival $100 bottlings of Raveneau Chablis. It’s just as hard to find as bottles from that famed French domaine—but this wine carries a price tag that’s 80% lower.

Even the winery is sold out of this sommelier-favorite, but we managed to secure a handful of cases for Wine Access Grüner devotees. This is your one and only chance to stock up on a delicious Austrian icon with 200 years of history.

Gritsch’s Kirchpoint Grüner Veltliner is the epitome of a site-expressive wine. Raised in the emerald-hued Wachau region of Austria, it is an exceptionally energetic white boasting a ton of lemon-lime zest and mineral energy. Pop the cork, and the 2019 emerges from the glass on a beam of stone fruit underlined by chalky minerality, sparked through with notes of Meyer lemon, mouthwatering nectarine, and white pepper. If you’re anything like us, you’ll finish the bottle before you can pronounce the name. 

It’s truly hard to imagine an oenophile who won’t love this wine: Fans of pinpoint-focused Old-World whites like Chablis, Sancerre, and Albariño,as well as anyone looking for a perfect sipper will realize—upon the first sip, we’d wager—that the Gritsch Kirchpoint Grüner Veltliner is as good as you can get.

Gritsch has been a leader in Wachau for more than two centuries. The family has been cultivating vines since they took over the Mauritiushof—a13th-century building in the town of Spitz once used by monks as a harvesting station—back in 1799. Today, Franz-Josef Gritsch is the latest in the line of family winemakers crafting unforgettable wines from the steeply sloped and terraced vineyards that climb from the Danube.

The grapes in this shimmering white were hand-picked and fermented solely in stainless steel to showcase Grüner Veltliner’s clean, crisp citrus aromatics and steely mineral undertones. Picked, pressed, and bottled, this is low-intervention winemaking at its finest, a stunning white that will shine anytime as an aperitif or with seafood—and when the weather gets warm, it’ll be perfect for an outdoor picnic or alongside fare like seared scallops or Maine lobsters. It’s the platonic ideal of dry white wine—showing rocky minerality, telltale white-pepper notes, and outstanding citrus energy—and we recommend stocking up.

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• ABV 12.50%
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• Serving temperature – 48°
• Screw cap