I have enjoyed bamboozling my friends when I serve them this blind; they are certain I'd be serving them Champagne, me being me and all, and they wrack their brains trying to figure out varieties and sub-districts but they are sure the wine in their glass is Champagne, i.e., they don't promptly conclude This can't possibly be Champagne. In fact I think it's the best non-Champagne fizz I've tasted, and wonderfully it is nothing like Champagne it's 15% Riesling, 15% Pinot Noir and 70% Gruner Veltliner thank you very much. Riesling and GruVe derive from pre-harvests in the Grand Crus like Lamm and Gaisberg (!). The new disgorgement (2/08) is mostly 2004 with some 2003-2002 seems rounder and fruitier than last year's, but it's snappy with lots of GruVe raciness; more plush lees, leafier and it shows its sweetness less; even some batonnage aromas; articulate and lacy-Nicolas Chiquet could have made it. - Gobelsburg Brut Reserve NV 750ml -