Billy Button Gruner Veltliner 2018

"Jo Marsh loves the Alpine Valleys for its treasure trove of grapes on offer. When she started her Billy Button label five years ago with 10 single-varietal wines, three were Italian whites – friulano, verduzzo and vermentino. Jo has since added arneis, malvasia and prosecco. “The allure of Italian whites is they are about texture and the palate, not about the nose,” she says. “And they just combine so well with food.” Jane Faulkner - Wine Companion

"Hand-picked, with one batch crushed and given textural authority via contact with the skins before an inoculated ferment in tank; the other batch, whole-bunch pressed and fermented spontaneously on solids in flexcube. Following time on lees, they were blended. The result is a multi-dimensional wine of a zinging freshness, but a countering richness, too. Apricot and ginger, with a free flow across the tail of white pepper and sugar snap pea, letting the drinker know that it IS gruner after all." 93pts - Ned Goodwin - Wine Companion