Gassner Amber Grüner Veltliner 40 Monate 2019

Grape: Grüner Veltliner
Vintage: 2019
Type: Orange

Sourced from sustainably managed old vines in the Weinviertel, this extended skin-contact bottling represents an extreme, low-intervention exercise in patient winemaking. Hand-harvested at optimal ripeness, the whole berries undergo a long, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts on the skins, where the wine remains in contact with the grape skins and fine lees for 40 full months (40 Monate). Aging takes place in neutral wooden casks without temperature control, fining, filtration, or added sulfur, allowing slow micro-oxygenation to transform the variety's primary fruit into a stable, complex amber liquid. Bottled in its rawest state, this is a profound, deeply structured skin-contact white built on raw phenolic depth and earth.

A deep amber-copper hue in the glass gives way to layered aromas of dried orange peel, bruised apple, black tea, dried marigold, and toasted walnut. The palate is dry, broad, and firmly structured, delivering intense flavors of dried apricot, salt-cured citrus, chamomile, and ground white pepper framed by a noticeable, tea-like tannic grip. High, persistent natural acidity cuts directly through the wine's rich, oxidative weight, providing remarkable vertical structure and energetic drive. It finishes long, savory, and bone-dry, concluding with lingering notes of bitter orange pith, dried herbs, and crushed stone.