{"product_id":"sohm-kracher-gruner-veltliner-lion-2025","title":"Sohm \u0026 Kracher Gruner Veltliner 'Lion' 2025 (screw cap)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #212121;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gruner Veltliner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #212121;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry, Region:\u003c\/strong\u003e Austria, Weinviertal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #212121;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eWeinviertal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e100% Grüner Veltliner from the Pulkau Valley in the Weinviertel, northern Austria. Whole-bunch pressed and wild-yeast fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. Matured on fine lees in stainless steel tanks for 12 months.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSohm \u0026amp; Kracher work out of Austria’s Weinviertel (“wine quarter”), a region with a long wine history and lots of hidden-gem vineyards, allowing the pair to access top sites at accessible prices and then pass those savings along. Their Lion Grüner Veltliner has all the minerality and precision of a federspiel from the Wachau, without the higher price tag. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2025 review \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(117, 37, 117);\"\u003e‘The 2025 Grüner Veltliner Lion was harvested in the Pulkau Valley in the Weinviertel, close to the Czech border, made exclusively in stainless steel and bottled just two weeks ago. The nose offers fresh, ripe pear juice, bright and peppery, with a wonderful spring in its step. This is a lightbodied, taut, pear- and pepper-driven wine with notable ease and sprightliness. (Bone-dry)’\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e88 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous Media, November 2025 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1728123657727_655\" data-rte-list=\"default\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrientation:\u003c\/strong\u003e South, southeast\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gravel, limestone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarming Practice:\u003c\/strong\u003e Organic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVinification:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100% stainless steel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElevage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 months stainless\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlcohol:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcidity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.5 g\/L\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"151\" width=\"201\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/Lion_leer_480x480.jpg?v=1586776131\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eWhat do you get when a world champion sommelier meets up with a world famous winemaker? The answer: a range of exciting food-friendly wines, of moderate alcohol and minerality, made from the local indigenous variety, grown in an emerging, under-appreciated area and now featuring on some of the best wine lists in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAldo Sohm grew up in Austria’s Tyrol and caught the wine bug as a teen-ager. By his early twenties he had won Best Sommelier in Austria in 2002, a feat he repeated in 2003, 2004 and 2006. He had moved to New York in 2004 and it was here that he first met Gerhard Kracher who was then looking after the US market for his father, the legendary Alois Kracher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eIn 2007 Aldo won the title of Best Sommelier in America in 2007 and that landed him the dream job at Michelin 3-star, Le Bernadin in New York City. He went on to win Best Sommelier in the World in 2008 and today still works at Le Bernadin, as well has running his own Aldo Sohm Wine Bar since 2014 just a couple of doors away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eHaving become close friends, it was over lunch in Queens in 2008 that Gerhard and Aldo came up with the idea to make a wine together. They both had a soft spot for Grüner Veltliner and both felt that the Austrian region of the Weinviertel was grossly under-estimated. And it was here where they ultimately found their ideal vineyard, with venerable old vines growing on the gravel, sand and marly siltstone of the Pulkau Valley. They released their first wine from the 2009 vintage to great critical acclaim and that acclaim has only grown since.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buzz Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48174570307834,"sku":"ASK25LION","price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/S_KLion.jpg?v=1767227905","url":"https:\/\/buzzwines.com\/products\/sohm-kracher-gruner-veltliner-lion-2025","provider":"Buzz Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}