2008 Gerhard Markowitsch 1ÖTW Rosenberg

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90 points

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  5/11/2019 - isbjoern wrote: 90 Points

  This has developed well and we enjoyed this bottle much more than the one 3 years ago. It is still a dark and extracted wine, but the tannins have fully resolved now. This offers a fine dark berry fruit and flavors of beef jerky, dark chocolate, a light feral touch and a slighlty roasted oak finish. This is very well made in a warm and chocolatey style with low acidity for the vintage. Drinking very well now. A positive surprise, but not as elegant and inviting as the 2009. - 90 points

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  12/1/2015 - isbjoern wrote: 89 Points

  For my palate one of the less interesting vintages of the Rosenberg, quite one-dimensional and monolithic, a full-bodied, bombastic and extremely dark Rosenberg, concentrated and slightly over-extracted, tobacco and roasted oak, cassis, dark chocolate and a beef jerky flavor, but lacking a bit of freshness and elegance. We drank it a bit too warm which turned the wine overwhelmingly alcoholic on the finish. Impressive for the vintage, but it seems to me they tried a bit too hard in the cellar in this vintage. Prefer the more elegant 2009 and the spicier 2007. - 89 points

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  11/12/2012 - Paul S wrote: 89 Points

  Dim Sum Club does Nonna Linna (Nonna Linna, Craig Road, Singapore): An interesting blend of Zweigelt, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, this a soundly made wine that was perhaps not quite my style. Still though, it was clearly too young to drink and should get better with time. On the night, it ceam across with very big and ripe, with lush notes of cassis and black plums, tar and earth, on its big, modern nose. I found the palate a lot more controlled than the nose actually. With lots of clean acidity leading into a bright attack, where rich cassis and ripe plum flavours were balanced by a good bit of freshness. There was some glycerol in there, but not that much as to shake the overall balance of the wine. Decent finish too, drifting off with a touch of tar and smoke swirling around some mushroomy notes. Surprisingly, it went well with a chocolate dessert, with the sweetness on the wine toning down a little and some freshness coming up. A bit over-the-top for me at the moment, but this was well-made. With its fine tannins, rich fruit and good balance, it should age pretty well too. I would be interested to try this in 6-7 years.

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  3/15/2012 - Sleepy Dave wrote: 89 Points

  Meet up with Gerhard Markowitsch: Alcohol :: 14.1%
  The Rosenberg has more Merlot content (45% vs 30% in 2003) hence it displays more earthy, leathery and smoke meatiness along with blackcurrant and spices This is also less sweet in the core. Savory entry, smoke meat, concentrated dark currant fruits supported by firm tannin structure. The acid is bright and lively, rounded texture. Palate staining intensity but leave no heaviness on the palate. Good sense of elegance and clean on the long finish. Very good!

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