Our older vintages
Kammerner Lamm
Grüner Veltliner
2020
Kamptal DAC, Erste Lage ÖTW
Impressive, very individual bouquet still marked by noble reduction, fine yeasty spice and a touch of toasty, flinty minerals, while only reluctantly showing hints of white flowers, pome fruit, green nuts and a touch of exotic fruit; starting creamy, then fresh and bone dry, again with many fragrant hints of divers fruit (like above), followed by minerals and spice, very impressive is the great balance, elegance and persistence until to the almost salty final: This is finest, cool climate white wine!
The Lamm vineyard has a soil of chalky clay and loess on siltstone. It is a south facing slope bordering the east of the “Heiligenstein” – one of the warmest sites in our wine growing area.
Grapes from this site reach a high degree of ripeness and concentration, which bring a generous expression more generally associated with Burgundy varieties. While “Lamm” is the quintessence of a monumental Grüner Veltliner, it abandons the lightness and prickle that Grüner Veltliner usually stands for.
Awards
- 1. Platz
- Falstaff Rieden Cup Nov. 2022
- 96 / 100
- FALSTAFF WEIN GUIDE 2022/23
- 95/100
- STUART PIGOTT, JAMESSUCKLING.COM, 09/22
- 94 / 100
- STEPHAN REINHARDT, WINE ADVOCATE 12/2022
Site and climate
Ried Lamm
The vineyard Kammerner Lamm is located on the south-eastern slope toe of the Heiligenstein mountain, and is one of the warmest sites in this wine-growing region.
Maturation
Physiologically ripe and botrytis-free grapes were harvested in small cases at the end of November at low temperatures and transported as expediently as possible into the winery. Grapes are handled carefully without the use of pumps,then slowly and gently pressed to allow some skin contact yet avoiding the transfer of too harsh tannins or cloudy residues into the must.
The must ferments in 2-3 years old 300 liter Austrian oak (and partly new acacia) casks. After fermentation the wine is racked into 2500 liter oak or acacia barrels, together with 5-10% of the lees where it remains until bottling at the end of August of the following year.
Food pairing recommendation
A versatile wine that once matured, matches starters of all kinds; calf’s liver with fruits or even in combination with vegetables like onions; all types of roasted or boiled meats; mildly spiced Asian dishes, well-seasoned fish and roasted goose ore duck; mature “GV Lamm” accompanies semi mature cheeses such as cheddar or medium aged goat cheese.