Last night, with assorted leftovers from our weekend party, we also
dipped into some leftover wine:

2007 Loimer "Lois" Grüner Veltliner
nose: minerals, citrus, burnt matchsticks
palate: light body, good acidity and more burnt matchsticks

I recall a discussion with M. Pronay some years ago about an earlier
Lois where I got this same impression, about halfway between high toast
oak and burnt matchstick. IIRC, I was informed that Lois sees no oak,
so I am now proclaiming it to be sulfur instead. Whatever it is, it
does interfere with my enjoyment of this wine.

Tonight, we had dinner out with Andrew and had wine by the glass:

2006 Allram Strassentaler Grüner Veltliner
nose: minerals, hint of citrus, herbal
palate: medium-light body, acidity, minerality and herbal notes

Quite a contrast with '04 served at our party, this was a weightier
wine, as befits the year, which still had the acidity and mineral
character that I find so appealing. Quite a good wine for the price.

Mark Lipton
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