Hajszan

Light amber, delicately cloudy. Exciting nose of pepper, grass and meadow herbs, plus ribwort, caraway and marjoram. Citric hints of orange zest, mandarin and lime. Taut, fine-grained, grippy tannins on the palate, enlivened by fresh acidity. Chamomile, daisies and a hint of mango. Long finish, complex and multi-layered. Characterful orange wine with ageing potential.

NATURAL is Fritz Wieninger's experimental range of wines, still biodynamic, as is his family's Weingut Wieninger. This is the only NATURAL wine done in stainless, and here it spends 3.5 months on skins prior to bottling without fining, filtration, or sulphur. This Grüner Veltliner comes from an old vineyard in Ried Gabrissen on Vienna's Bisamberg, a sunny south-facing location on loess, with high lime content and a prominent gravel band in the higher part of the vineyard. Juicy and bright with white grapefruit, crunchy yellow and green apple, white melon, and crystalline lemon that lingers on the saline and white pepper finish. Lovely purity and energy in this slender white.