I'll launch this Wine Wednesday with a clearance find from Target. The great thing about buying marked down wine is that it feels like you are taking less of a risk. So the random wine you bought was horrible? At least you didn't pay full price for it. This was the logic behind grabbing a few random bottles we found on a clearance endcap on a recent jaunt to Target. Until recently, I had never heard of Gruner Veltliner. But I was looking for a new wine to order at our favorite (also the only nearby) wine bar. I spotted the Gruner Veltliner, and had to google it to A.) learn how to pronounce it and B.) decide if I wanted to try it. After teaching myself how to pronounce it at least somewhat correctly (Grooner Velt-Lean-Er), and learning that this is a white wine grown in Austria, I decided to go ahead and order it. And although nothing can replace my beloved Pinot Gris, I did enjoy it. And so, all of this lead to me throwing a few bottles of Gruner into my shopping basket.
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This particular wine was veeerrrryyyy dry. And it oddly reminded me of champagne without the bubbles. Which makes sense because I later learned that this type of a grape is often turned into a sparkling wine. This wine was not sweet AT ALL, and not really fruity. If you love chardonnay, you may like this wine - although this doesn't have any oaky taste to it as many chardonnays do. I normally prefer a frutier, slightly sweeter wine, but I did enjoy this wine. I think we also got a fabulous deal on it, because my online research seems to indicate that it runs around $15, and we only paid $5.74 for it. Clearance win!
Wine: Laurenz und Sophie Gruner Veltliner
Year: 2011
Region: Austria
Purchased From: Target
Price: $5.74
Verdict: 3.5/5
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