Sohm & Kracher Gruner Veltliner Lion 2024 750ml

Aldo Sohm’s and Gerhard Kracher’s 2024 Grüner Veltliner Lion is from the Pulkautal in the Weinviertel region north of Vienna, almost at the border to the Czech Republic. The wine offers an elegant and rather coolish, spicy nose with savory seed fruit and earthy or even stony aromas and has a certain, very attractive reduction. Elegant and fresh on the palate, this is a medium-bodied, linear, savory and grippy Veltliner with a long and saline finish. 12.5% stated alcohol. Screw-cap closure. Tasted at Weinlaubenhof Kracher in Illmitz, Burgenland, in June 2025.

• Country: Austria
• Region: Weinviertel
• Size: 750ml
• Color: White
• Alcohol by Vol: 13.0%

Varietal

Gruner Veltliner

Gruner Veltliner is a pale skinned white wine grape varietal most closely associated with central European countries such as Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In recent years, it has spread somewhat to several New World countries, where it is becoming gradually more popular and regularly seen in wine stores. One of the main attractions of this grape varietal for winemakers is the fact that it is highly versatile, and can be used for the production of several different wine styles, including young, dry white wines, excellent sparkling wines, and it is also a grape varietal which is well suited for aging Gruner Veltliner has the ability to express much of its terroir, and the best examples are generally those which are full of delightfully mineral-rich flavors alongside the more usual notes of citrus fruits and peach.