Josef Schmid Gruner Veltliner Gebling Reserve

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To an even greater extent than the corresponding 2010, Schmid’s 2009 Gruner Veltliner Gebling Reserve seems slightly sweet thanks to its sheer ripeness of flavors, high glycerin, and low acidity. Peach with roasted, caramelized turnip and celery root are tinged with smoky black tea, blond tobacco, and pungent herbs. There is a hint of heat to an otherwise lush, long finish. I would plan to enjoy this over the next 4-5 years. I last met with Schmid in order to taste his 2007s (on which I reported in issue 181), and my visit this June confirms him as a source of some seriously delicious and well-priced wines. He opened for me a few of his 2009s as well as his most recent collection. Schmid claims to have had only one-third of a normal crop in 2010 from his 40 acres (which are spread over some 50 parcels). “Some of my old vines didn’t even have any crop on them this year,” he notes.A Monika Caha Selection, New York, NY; tel. (212) 877-3558 with various importers, including Frederick Wildman & Sons, New York, NY; tel. (212) 355-0700