First a bit dusty nose with aging notes. After an hour everything is great. Really :)
Nose: butter, cookies, hazelnut, fresh fruit, malolactic (but now only nuances), very complex, mineral, underbrush, a bit spices, pepper, a bit unbalanced but still good.
Palate: fresh, broad, balanced, alcohol, spices, vanilla nuances, some tropical fruits, finish with almonds and citrus skin (long), mineral, complex
I am tending to 91, but the wine lacks elegance - lower than 90 points would be ridiculous IMHO
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Immediately quite shut down. After a few days it grows. Great intensity and minerality, yet restrained. Good balance for a smaragd. Will last, but I wish it had more acidity to match my taste.
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Great minerality with very high acids. Loads of fruit, medium body. Excellent balance. Good QPR which already drinks well now, but will probably last at least ten years
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2/26/2013 - Thomas D. Likes this wine: 90 Points
First a bit dusty nose with aging notes.
After an hour everything is great. Really :)
Nose: butter, cookies, hazelnut, fresh fruit, malolactic (but now only nuances), very complex, mineral, underbrush, a bit spices, pepper, a bit unbalanced but still good.
Palate: fresh, broad, balanced, alcohol, spices, vanilla nuances, some tropical fruits, finish with almonds and citrus skin (long), mineral, complex
I am tending to 91, but the wine lacks elegance - lower than 90 points would be ridiculous IMHO
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1/7/2013 - ktrh Likes this wine: 89 Points
Immediately quite shut down. After a few days it grows. Great intensity and minerality, yet restrained. Good balance for a smaragd. Will last, but I wish it had more acidity to match my taste.
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6/16/2010 - ktrh Likes this wine: 88 Points
Great minerality with very high acids. Loads of fruit, medium body. Excellent balance. Good QPR which already drinks well now, but will probably last at least ten years
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4/16/2009 - T.U wrote: 85 Points
Niederösterreich Weintag (Ausstellungsräume im Bank Austria Kunstforum; Wien Freyung): Fassprobe: N: starke intensive Frucht, fast exotisch; G: mehr Säure, für meinen Geschmack eigentlich jetzt schon zu trinken
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