Burn Cottage Riesling - Gruner Veltliner 2021

As with all 2021 wines so far, this is preferable to the 2020. The 2021 Riesling-Gruner Veltliner leads with burnt brown sugar, preserved citrus, sourdough crust, sea salt, ginger and dried lavender. With 68% Riesling and the balance Grüner, this also has much higher residual sugar than the 2020—7.5 grams per liter. This occurred due to the natural ferment, and the winery did not push the yeast beyond what they naturally did. The varieties were destemmed, sat on skins in juice for 36 hours and were then co-fermented. I like the fact that these wines don't appear to show a hard boundary between the varieties; the integration is seamless. 12.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.