&Quot;Hefeabzug" is the German term for sur lie, meaning that this is a Veltliner aged on its lees. Beautiful aroma of confectionery sugar, oatmeal, pear, nopalitos, turmeric, peach and toasted peanuts. A complex and very attractive nose. Medium weight in the mouth, with forward lemon, kumquat and green apple fruit backed up by strong mineral character. Long and beautifully structured. In his shelf-talker at Astor Wines, my friend Jeff Connell described this as “Veltliner done as Muscadet.” I can see how this would be a very mighty, brazen brother to one of Marc Olivier’s wines, say.