Recalled surprised comment, passing through vineyards in Wales (5)
I believe the answer is:
cymru
'wales' is the definition.
(Cymru is the Welsh word for Wales)
'recalled surprised comment passing through vineyards' is the wordplay.
'recalled' says the letters should be written backwards (to recall can mean to bring something back).
'surprised comment' becomes 'my' (expression of surprise).
'passing through' is an insertion indicator.
'vineyards' becomes 'cru' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'my' backwards is 'ym'.
'ym' inserted inside 'cru' is 'CYMRU'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cymru that I've seen before include "European country" , "Part of UK" , "Welsh name for Wales" .)