This wine smells of peaches and pears and oranges blossoms, ginger and mint and cracked black pepper. It hits the palate like a Saturday morning cartoons juice ad, an explosion of Cara Cara orange and wild strawberry and lemon. There’s white pepper too, and a live wire of acidity that gives the finish a crisp and clean snap somehow balanced by surprisingly weighty texture for this 11% abv Gruner Veltliner. We’ve come to expect nothing less from Meinklang, the legendary pioneers of biodynamics in Austria’s Burgenland. This was one of the first natural wineries in Austria, and also among the first wineries to embrace the ethos of polyculture for the health of their property. Meinklang’s vineyards are nestled among orchards, ponds, gardens, and pastures for their 8,000 head of cattle, who graze the vineyards and provide the base for biodynamic preps used not just by Meinklang, but many other biodynamically-farmed vineyards around Austria. At eighty hectares, Meinklang is one of the largest biodynamic farms around, and proof that you can scale this holistic farming style while creating consistently delicious and balanced wines.