Krems Schmid 2010 年份的 Gruner Veltliner Alte Reben 與 Kremser Weingarten 相比缺少了些魅力，酒體更豐滿，但其扁豆和煙草的風味卻不夠成熟，還伴有一絲青草的氣息。這款酒已在瓶中熟成得非常好，在 2 至 3 年后飲用會更佳。

Schmid’s 2009 Gruner Veltliner Alte Reben represents a voluminous, glycerin-rich, caressing and distinctive amalgam of roasted red beet and caramelized turnip with bitter-edged herbal and coffee-mocha accents. Its softness is confirmed by analytically low acidity but its baritonal finish and lightly, positively oxidative aura, don’t by any means preclude a sense of refreshment. This strikes me as an archetypal wine of both its vintage and its grower, and I would expect it to perform well for 6-8 years if not longer. 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

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The 2006 Gruner Veltliner Kremser Alte Reben (which also carries the name “Priorissa” on the label, used by a group of Krems area vintners for top bottlings) smells ripely of baked apple, lime, stewed rhubarb, musk melon, mint and lychee. Imagine a hypothetical Gewurztraminer Veltliner. As lush and polished a Gruner Veltliner as one could wish for, with a suggestion of sweetness thanks to its enormously ripe, pure flavors, this wine, in fact, possesses only 13.5% alcohol and 4 grams of residual sugar. What’s more, it finishes with utmost clarity, vigor, and infectious juiciness and offers outstanding value. I cannot imagine one need worry about drinking it up for at least 4-6 years, and probably not for much longer. While I did not have occasion yet to meet Josef Schmid, the samples that came my way were, to say the least, impressive. The 2006s canvassed below are no flukes: Schmid’s 2005s were also hugely successful, although for reasons of space and the context of this report, I have not published those notes.Importing, Unionville, PA; tel. (610) 932-9113