2012 Loimer Grüner Veltliner Terrassen Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (3) Median Score: 91 points

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  10/27/2017 - forceberry wrote: 92 Points

  Intense, moderately deep yellow color. Somewhat reductive nose with aromas of hard-boiled eggs and a whiff of struck matchstick along with rather non-fruity notes of stone dust, some white pepper, a little bit of unripe stone fruits and a touch of dried herbs. The wine is medium-bodied and moderately high in acidity, yet also surprisingly remarkable, dense and weighty on the palate with somewhat oily mouthfeel. There are somewhat restrained and rather austere flavors of peppery spice, some smoke, light herbal bitterness, a little bit of granite minerality, a hint of rubbery reduction and a touch of unripe, savory white fruits. The finish is long, stony and bitter with intense, yet rather austere flavors of white pepper-driven spice, somewhat bitter citrus fruits, a little bit of apple peel bitterness and a hint of granite minerality.
  
  A rather powerful and very austere expression of Grüner Veltliner that is definitely not about ripe fruity flavors and easy-drinking character. This is a stylish but dead-serious wine that is all about minerality and other non-fruit flavors. Even after 5 years the wine seems to be more about aging potential than immediate enjoyability. This will never be a rich and fruity wine, but I can imagine it will turn more interesting if it starts to develop more tertiary flavors with age - I just wonder how much more time it will take? Priced according to its quality at 26,86€.
  
  PS. The wine is sealed under a glass stopper, which might be one of the reasons behind the reduction. I heartily recommend you to decant this wine thoroughly or double-decant it several hours beforehand.

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  11/22/2015 - poste244 Does not like this wine: 83 Points

  Je n'ai pas encore bu de Grüner Veltliner qui m'ait vraiment plû. Et ce n'est pas celui-ci qui va me faire changer d'idée. D'un jaune-verdâtre très pâle, on voit que l'acidité sera au rendez-vous et elle y est effectivement présente, démésuremment à mon goût.
  Le nez souffré-fumé n'aide pas les choses, pas plus que la finale amère et végétale.
  Vraiment pas dans mes cordes...

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  1/23/2015 - forceberry wrote: 91 Points

  Youthful lime green color. Expressive nose of overripe pear, some yellow apple, a little white pepper and a hint of vegetal greenness. Medium-bodied, somewhat concentrated and even a bit oily on the palate with medium-to-moderate acidity. Quite powerful, but rather austere flavors of unripe pear, pithy citrus fruits, white pepper-driven spice, some ripe white fruits, a little herbal bitterness, a hint of vegetal greenness and a touch of star fruit. The dry finish is long and somewhat higher in acidity than the midpalate, but also quite rough and somewhat bitter with a bit austere flavors of stony minerality, herbal bitterness, some green apples, even a hint of hoppy, resinous greenness and a touch of wax.
  
  A powerful and concentrated, but also a bit austere and somewhat difficult expression of Grüner Veltliner. Definitely not a ripe and fruit-forward crowdpleaser. Some years in a cellar might coax some complexity out of this wine and also could resolve the tightly-knit structure a little, but I doubt that this one will hold for extended cellaring due to its rather modest acidity. A stylish but somewhat difficult white wine that is definitely not for everybody and absolutely needs food to show its best. Feels slightly expensive at 26,30€.

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