Traisental

After several not overly successful ventures into UK supermarket wine I have let my investigation into what is available on the mass market slip. The other day though in Sainsburys I came past an Austrian wine that looked really interesting. And so I grabbed a bottle and was rewarded with one of the best wines I have ever bought from a supermarket. If you are bored by cheap Australian or Italian wines and look for a good refreshing white then look no further and go for Austria this summer.

Markus Huber's Veltliner, Sainsbury

Found in a Glasgow shop, I was curious to see how this wine from the Traisental would turn out. Turns out, it is a sugar bomb. Colour: golden, but not as intense as one would expect. Strong fruit sugar in the nose with lots of caramel and pear. In the mouth, even more caramel and pear, intense, alcohol marinated pear with a bit of spice.

Reminds me of a previous Huxelrebe-experience but not as nice. This one is incredibly sugary and even the spice in there cannot balance it fully. Makes a good desert wine, for instance with fat cheese or pear (no surprise here) but too much for me without that balance - it lasted more than two nights as one small glass is really enough.

I prefer the more drinkable sugary Molitors, but with a fat desert or ice cream with bananas maybe...