Why this wine matters
More than a famous label.
The wine comes from the high Gautscher vineyard near Strass and gives the 366 a serious Austrian Pinot Gris reference.
Weingut Allram · Kamptal / Niederösterreich
Reserve Grauburgunder
Grauburgunder · barrel fermented · lees-rich · mineral · tannic · age-worthy
Allram Reserve Grauburgunder is Pinot Gris with real structure: skin contact, spontaneous barrel fermentation and a full year on lees.
Country
Austria
Region
Kamptal / Niederösterreich
Appellation
Niederösterreich
Grapes
Grauburgunder
Style
White
Realistic spend
£25–£32
Budget band: £20–£35
Best moments
birthdayanniversarydinner partygifttasting night
A barrel-fermented Austrian Pinot Gris for mushrooms, tasting nights and adventurous gifts.
How it is made
The decisions behind the style.
After several hours of skin contact, the wine ferments spontaneously in 300-litre barrels, spends six months on gross lees and another six on fine lees after malolactic fermentation.
What does it taste like?
The shape of the wine.
Ripe pear and stone fruit meet spice, mineral notes and well-integrated oak, with gentle phenolic grip and excellent freshness.
Body4/5
Acidity4/5
Tannin2/5
Sweetness0/5
Oak influence3/5
Freshness4/5
Aroma4/5
Serve it well
Serve around 12°C.
If this wine were human…
The cultivated one
If Reserve Grauburgunder were human, it would be serious about the good things, but not about looking serious while enjoying them.
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Does any of this sound suspiciously familiar?
Serious about the good things, but not about looking serious while enjoying them. You appreciate tradition, but only when it has earned the right to stay.
At dinner, you know when the table needs another bottle and when it needs coffee instead. Secretly, you enjoy being underestimated until the second half of the evening.
In short: serious about the good things, but not about looking serious while enjoying them. grauburgunder energy, translated into a person.
Purely for fun — this is the wine’s fictional personality, not a psychological reading of yours.
What to eat with it
And the cheese?
No dead ends.
Start with this wine and move straight into cheese, or build a whole tasting around it.
Keep exploring
There are 365 more wines where this came from.
Research sources
This profile is researched against producer or similarly authoritative material. Vintage-specific details are kept separate from the permanent wine identity.