I think I liked this a bit more a few years ago - this was still a very good showing, though perhaps a bit more advanced in its flavour development than I would have liked. Lots of smoky and savoury notes here, though the fruit seemed a bit lighter and less intense/electric than I remember a few years back. I'll have to check into my '07 Klaus soon.
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The final bottle, unfortunately. While this bottle was more rough and ready, not to mention reticent, than my previous to last one. It took a while to unfold despite its age, but when it did it outshone the Grüner Veltliner from the same year, producer and vineyard. We were eight around the table, and the decanter with this wine was emptied while most other wines, including the Grüner, left something in their decanters.
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Liquid gold. Nose shows a lot of floral notes: honeysuckle, hyacinth, orange blossom and bergamot. Dry honey, candied citrusfruit and tangerine. In the mouth it's full-bodied and mineral, contains a wonderful bitterness, deep and spicy acidity (like pickles?), orange liquour, apricotpreserve, wet wool, talcum and crushed rocks. This is big, impressive lengthy and well-balanced. Deeeeeelicious!
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I judged a previous bottle of this lace-like and soft voiced. That was before I had a Mosbacher 2009 Freundstück. Compared to that, this wine is intense and fruity. Slightly marked by petroleum too, but not to any significant extent. Good wine, though. I guess context is all.
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Excellent wine with rich fruit yet fine and lace-like structure and expression. It does not shout, but whispers its harmonies and wisdom. A wine to contemplate and cherish.
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Golden yellow, sturdyl egs. Color to rim. jasmine, pink grapefruit, kaffir lime leaves. Petrol very muted. Medium acid, full bodied. This beauty has aged well. With soba noodle salad. Great pairing on the weekday.
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Developed and rich Riesling aromas with citrus and exotic yellow fruits. Rich and broad shouldered in the mouth. Some tannin like bitterness in the finish. Not the most elegant riesling, but certainly big and monumental. I found this better three years ago.
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Casual evening at Maison Dakota. Poured into carafe and drank over 2.5 hours. Drank in Gabriel Standart. Appearance is clear, medium intensity, gold colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas ofyellow chrysanthemum flowers, honey pineapples, ripe peaches, stony minerality, salty minerals. Developed. On the palate, dry, rounded high acidity, medium+ alcohol (13.5%), full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of honey, pineapples, very ripe peaches, hot stones minerality. Long finish. Very good quality. Big, ripe fruity Riesling with mineral support. Almost monolithic, a bit too big for real comfort, though the ripe fruit extract is impressive. I would say drink already, no need for further ageing. Doesn't feel as balanced as the 2007 Klaus.
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A bit mute when first opened, not showing much aroma or palate, just a bit of chalky minerality. After some air, this unfolded and expressed lovely citrus fruit flavors, straw, pleasing citrus pith bitterness and palate staining weight. Deep and intense with excellent persistence. An intense mineral bath of a finish. Gorgeous showing, but this needs air.
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Typical Austrian Riesling nose. Lot of evolution in the glass, especially in first 15 minutes. Initially was a bit flat but seemed to come alive after a few minutes. Lot of acidity. Lime, citrus and a bit of saltiness. Long and classic finish.
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this is not a showy wine. the thing that moves me about it is its pronounced sense of harmony. it sows classic Wachau Riesling aromas, flavors, and texture, and the fruit is beautiful. but it's the savory mineral undertones, the vibrant but gentle acidity, the perfect balance that gets me. Lovely.
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Peach and nectarine with sweet orange notes on the nose. Rich palate with a bizarrely dry orange marmalade concentration. A mineral foundation integrated with riper fruits like pineapple, red apple and lemon zest. Big bodied and a long finish, this will get better with some more time.
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Dry styled, but lots of opulent peaches in honey notes. I always find it remarkable how Austrian rieslings manage to pack so much ripe fruit into a wine that finishes bone dry on the palate
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Wow! This wine just shimmered on the palate with bright lemon, pink grapefruit and blood orange notes. Toss in a truck load of minerals to balance out this deep, Deep, DEEP wine. Expands slowly on the palate and lingers with a delicious citric stoniness. Fantastic Riesling!
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Wow. Iridescent fruit, exotic mandarin orange and musky floral accents, and a pervasive minerality that leaves the mouth coated in stones and mineral salts, all over a spine of powerful acidity that keeps it incredibly precise and refreshing. Spectacular Riesling.
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Deep straw color. Aromas of white peach and apple, also some floral tones. Rich texture, with flavors of petrol, crushed rock and apple. Good length on the finish.
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Drank right before the Achleiten gruner and the main thing that struck me about them was how much closer they were in personality to each other than the Bodensteins were, where there was a real difference in both personality and style between the two grapes. Here, while the flavors were a little different, the structure and cut were exactly the same. And that's where they really excel. It doesn't have quite the acuity and sizzle as the Bodenstein riesling, but it's pretty close.
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It really takes a long time to come out of the bottle. Next time I will decanter it. Grape, slightly mineral touch and some vanilla after long time in the glass. Green apples, good acidity and ok balance in the mouth.
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11/15/2023 - salil wrote: 93 Points
I think I liked this a bit more a few years ago - this was still a very good showing, though perhaps a bit more advanced in its flavour development than I would have liked. Lots of smoky and savoury notes here, though the fruit seemed a bit lighter and less intense/electric than I remember a few years back. I'll have to check into my '07 Klaus soon.
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12/17/2022 - vmad wrote:
Meget høy kvalitet. Kan lagres mye lenger.
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3/21/2021 - olemski wrote: 93 Points
The final bottle, unfortunately. While this bottle was more rough and ready, not to mention reticent, than my previous to last one. It took a while to unfold despite its age, but when it did it outshone the Grüner Veltliner from the same year, producer and vineyard. We were eight around the table, and the decanter with this wine was emptied while most other wines, including the Grüner, left something in their decanters.
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3/20/2021 - AudunG wrote: 91 Points
Rich and developed aromas with ripe citrus. After a while more floral and elegant riesling aromas. Full bodied and rich in the mouth.
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1/13/2021 - jkoenen wrote: 95 Points
Liquid gold. Nose shows a lot of floral notes: honeysuckle, hyacinth, orange blossom and bergamot. Dry honey, candied citrusfruit and tangerine. In the mouth it's full-bodied and mineral, contains a wonderful bitterness, deep and spicy acidity (like pickles?), orange liquour, apricotpreserve, wet wool, talcum and crushed rocks.
This is big, impressive lengthy and well-balanced.
Deeeeeelicious!
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12/29/2020 - olemski wrote: 92 Points
I judged a previous bottle of this lace-like and soft voiced. That was before I had a Mosbacher 2009 Freundstück. Compared to that, this wine is intense and fruity. Slightly marked by petroleum too, but not to any significant extent. Good wine, though. I guess context is all.
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8/22/2020 - cct wrote: flawed
TCA, bummer
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7/20/2020 - olemski wrote: 93 Points
Excellent wine with rich fruit yet fine and lace-like structure and expression. It does not shout, but whispers its harmonies and wisdom. A wine to contemplate and cherish.
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7/13/2020 - WineDoctors wrote: 93 Points
Golden yellow, sturdyl egs. Color to rim. jasmine, pink grapefruit, kaffir lime leaves. Petrol very muted. Medium acid, full bodied. This beauty has aged well. With soba noodle salad. Great pairing on the weekday.
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6/6/2020 - olemski wrote: 93 Points
Excellent, and fully mature. Will probably last some years still, but this is fully rounded out: harmonious, deep and complex.
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6/5/2020 - AudunG wrote: 89 Points
Developed and rich Riesling aromas with citrus and exotic yellow fruits. Rich and broad shouldered in the mouth. Some tannin like bitterness in the finish. Not the most elegant riesling, but certainly big and monumental. I found this better three years ago.
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5/3/2020 - salil wrote: 96 Points
Another showstopper. STGT wine, and absolutely thrilling both with butter chicken and to sit and follow on its own after dinner.
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4/25/2020 - brooklynguy Likes this wine:
Whoa! What Salil said. This is wonderful. Plenty of time left on it, was maybe even better on day two.
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11/4/2019 - salil wrote: 97 Points
Blown away by the complexity and depth here and descriptors won't do it justice, so I'll just say this was epic. All grown up and jawdroppingly good.
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9/16/2019 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 91 Points
Casual evening at Maison Dakota. Poured into carafe and drank over 2.5 hours. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
Appearance is clear, medium intensity, gold colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas ofyellow chrysanthemum flowers, honey pineapples, ripe peaches, stony minerality, salty minerals. Developed.
On the palate, dry, rounded high acidity, medium+ alcohol (13.5%), full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of honey, pineapples, very ripe peaches, hot stones minerality. Long finish.
Very good quality. Big, ripe fruity Riesling with mineral support. Almost monolithic, a bit too big for real comfort, though the ripe fruit extract is impressive. I would say drink already, no need for further ageing.
Doesn't feel as balanced as the 2007 Klaus.
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9/30/2017 - AudunG wrote: 92 Points
Clean yellow fruit and mineral aromas. Full bodied and concentrated, with a bit sweet mouth feeling. But also well balanced. Delicious and impressive.
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10/4/2015 - vmad wrote: 91 Points
Fløyelsmyk og elegant. God lengde. Ingen petroleum. Venter noen år til neste flaske.
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4/28/2014 - mdefreitas wrote: 94 Points
A bit mute when first opened, not showing much aroma or palate, just a bit of chalky minerality. After some air, this unfolded and expressed lovely citrus fruit flavors, straw, pleasing citrus pith bitterness and palate staining weight. Deep and intense with excellent persistence. An intense mineral bath of a finish. Gorgeous showing, but this needs air.
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3/29/2014 - fournet Likes this wine: 93 Points
Typical Austrian Riesling nose. Lot of evolution in the glass, especially in first 15 minutes. Initially was a bit flat but seemed to come alive after a few minutes. Lot of acidity. Lime, citrus and a bit of saltiness. Long and classic finish.
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1/7/2013 - ktrh wrote: 90 Points
Large and packed riesling. Ripe yet still drinkable.
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7/30/2012 - brooklynguy wrote:
this is not a showy wine. the thing that moves me about it is its pronounced sense of harmony. it sows classic Wachau Riesling aromas, flavors, and texture, and the fruit is beautiful. but it's the savory mineral undertones, the vibrant but gentle acidity, the perfect balance that gets me. Lovely.
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4/14/2012 - Bill Bucklew wrote: 93 Points
Peach and nectarine with sweet orange notes on the nose. Rich palate with a bizarrely dry orange marmalade concentration. A mineral foundation integrated with riper fruits like pineapple, red apple and lemon zest. Big bodied and a long finish, this will get better with some more time.
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11/25/2011 - mjf@ulkner wrote: 92 Points
Dry styled, but lots of opulent peaches in honey notes. I always find it remarkable how Austrian rieslings manage to pack so much ripe fruit into a wine that finishes bone dry on the palate
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10/25/2011 - mdefreitas wrote: 96 Points
Wow! This wine just shimmered on the palate with bright lemon, pink grapefruit and blood orange notes. Toss in a truck load of minerals to balance out this deep, Deep, DEEP wine. Expands slowly on the palate and lingers with a delicious citric stoniness. Fantastic Riesling!
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10/18/2011 - mdefreitas wrote: flawed
Outrageously corked.
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8/5/2011 - salil wrote: 94 Points
Wow. Iridescent fruit, exotic mandarin orange and musky floral accents, and a pervasive minerality that leaves the mouth coated in stones and mineral salts, all over a spine of powerful acidity that keeps it incredibly precise and refreshing. Spectacular Riesling.
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7/2/2010 - AllRed wrote: 92 Points
Deep straw color. Aromas of white peach and apple, also some floral tones. Rich texture, with flavors of petrol, crushed rock and apple. Good length on the finish.
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8/18/2009 - vmad wrote: 91 Points
Very good. Can be kept for many years.
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8/18/2009 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 92 Points
Drank right before the Achleiten gruner and the main thing that struck me about them was how much closer they were in personality to each other than the Bodensteins were, where there was a real difference in both personality and style between the two grapes. Here, while the flavors were a little different, the structure and cut were exactly the same. And that's where they really excel. It doesn't have quite the acuity and sizzle as the Bodenstein riesling, but it's pretty close.
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7/20/2009 - tbvl wrote: 91 Points
It really takes a long time to come out of the bottle. Next time I will decanter it.
Grape, slightly mineral touch and some vanilla after long time in the glass.
Green apples, good acidity and ok balance in the mouth.
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