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Gruner Veltliner question

This past weekend I went to a large sale at the Sam's Wine Warehouse in Chicago. One of the wines that was on sale I picked up was the:

1997 Josef Jamek Reid Schreiberberg Smaragd Gruner Veltliner Wauchau

The wine was reduced from about $29 to $21. After all the talk in here over the last few months, I had to pick up a couple of GVs to try. This is the only one I haven't been able to find any info about on the Parker or Spectator sites.

Any info would appreciated, like is this old for a GV or is this going to be dry.

Thanks in advance.

By the way the sale at Sam's was great. I think they have 5000 wines on sale through the end of the month. I was able to really stock up on a few Bordeaux and several Rhone wines. Well worth the drive for anyone within a hundred miles.

Cliff

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Cliff Brown
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^ Wachau

Schreiberberg is not one of Jamek's classic bottlings, his flagships being Achleiten (for Veltliner) and Klaus (for Riesling). But being a smaragd I would really be confident.

Superb vintage, definitely not old (if stored cool, of course). Smaragds have to be dry, btw. "Dry" in the EU sense, which means a maximum of 9 g/l (0.9 percent) of residual sugar.

M.

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Michael Pronay

Thanks for the info. I plan on letting it sit for a month and then giving it a try.

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Cliff Brown
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