JD92: Also from the Hotel Vineyard, the 2023 Grüner Veltliner Willamette Valley sports a shimmering yellow/silver hue and reveals aromas of salted pineapple, white pepper, melon, and verbena. The palate offers vibrant energy, with a snappy lift of ripe acidity in a medium-bodied frame, and it’s rounded and supple through the mid-palate and finish. It’s a wonderfully pure expression of Grüner that’s unusual to find outside of Austria. Drink 2024-2030.