# Grüner Leader Grüner Veltliner (2025)

- **Producer:** Weingut Barbara Öhlzelt
- **Colour:** white
- **Type:** still
- **Grapes:** Grüner Veltliner
- **Region:** Niederösterreich, Austria
- **Style:** Classic
- **Alcohol:** 12.0%
- **Average price:** €20
- **Vegan:** Yes
- **Contains sulphites:** Yes
- **When to drink:** Now or Later
- **Serving temperature:** 8–10 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** apple, peach, lemon, lime, white pepper, fennel

## About this wine

Weingut Barbara Öhlzelt was founded in 2004 in Zöbing, located within Austria's renowned Kamptal wine region. Rather than producing heavy, high-alcohol styles, Öhlzelt focuses on light-footed, precise, and highly expressive interpretations of native Austrian grape varieties. The Grüner Leader cuvée is sourced from estate vineyards averaging 30 to 35 years of age across diverse Kamptal terroirs, including loess, primary rock, granite, and sandstone.

## Interesting facts

- The name 'Grüner Leader' is a playful pun on Grüner Veltliner and its 1-liter ('Liter Leader') bottle size.
- Unlike typical generic bulk liter wines, this bottling uses high-quality fruit from 30+ year-old estate vines.
- Barbara Öhlzelt focuses on linear, lower-alcohol Kamptal wines rather than heavy, high-power styles.

## Food pairing

The wine's high acidity and light body cut cleanly through fried textures like breaded cutlets and complement delicate, fresh proteins and green herbs without overpowering them.

## Wine making process

Grapes are hand-harvested in multiple selective passes to balance freshness and maturity. Fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks using natural and selected yeasts. To preserve maximum varietal purity and vibrant fruit character, the wine undergoes no oak aging before early bottling in a 1.0-liter format.