2019 Martin Muthenthaler Grüner Veltliner Spitzer Graben

WINEMAKER: Martin Muthenthaler
REGION: Wachau, AT
VARIETAL: Grüner Veltliner
VITICULTURE: Organic

The Spitzer Graben is a narrow valley situated in the Wachau region of Austria. This valley contains some of the highest and steepest vineyards of the Wachau. The rocky terrain yields distinctive and complex Grüner Veltiner and Riesling wines. This wine is a blend of Grüner from multiple parcels harvested across the Spitzer Graben valley. "...a bright, fresh and stony-lemony bouquet of white fruits and herbal aromas. It is fascinatingly different and stimulatingly complex..." - Wine Advocate

A 'one-man' operation in the truest sense of the phrase, Martin was a truck driver for Domäne Wachau for 20 years before he started making wine of his own in the Spitzer Graben valley in Austria's famous Wachau region. Since 2006 he has been cultivating 3 hectares of vines - all organic since the 2010 vintage - planted on poor rocky soils at high altitudes. All fruit is hand harvested by Martin, and fermented spontaneously with ambient yeast.