2011 Muri-Gries Lagrein Riserva Abtei Muri

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 93.2 points

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  2/18/2019 - similia wrote: 94 Points

  Nose, all dark fruits, cassis, blackberry, pickled plum, balsamic, very dense body, Chocolate, Licorice, leather, sweet tobacco, great lingering finish with a present acidity to counter-balance the well structured tannins.

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  1/12/2015 - huse wrote: 92 Points

  The ‘Lagrein Riserva Abtei’ is the flagship wine of the Klosterkellerei Muri-Gries (Benedictine Monastery, city of Bozen - South Tyrol / originally from the Swiss town of Muri / Aargau canton), made from 100 percent Lagrein grapes, an indigenous Tyrolean grape varietal found only in the region around the city of Bozen. A beautifully complex wine, produced from selected grapes of three vineyards (‘Stampfer’,’Haringer’ and ‘Klosteranger’). Aged for 16 months in barriques (of which 40 percent were new). Very deep black-inky color with some violet shades at the rim. Upon opening the wine was a bit reserved in aromas and taste, but after about two hours in the decanter it unfolded to reveal intense scents of black cherry, forest fruit, tobacco, new leather, graphite and some sweet vanilla tones. The palate shows a massive, extremely concentrated wine with amazing amounts of powerful black fruit, pronounced but already quite harmonious tannins, the whole supported by a well-integrated acidity. Persistent finish. A very authentic ‘Südtiroler Lagrein’, still very youthful, but with an enormous potential to improve. Drinking window: now – 2020.
  
  De ‘Lagrein Riserva Abtei’ is het vlaggenschip van de Klosterkellerei Muri-Gries (benedictijnenklooster, Bozen - Zuid-Tirol / oorspronkelijk afkomstig uit de Zwitserse stad Muri / kanton Aargau) ; een 100 percent Lagrein-wijn (een autochtone Tiroolse druivenvariëteit die quasi alleen in de streek rond de stad Bozen voorkomt). Een bijzonder complexe wijn, gemaakt van geselecteerde druiven uit drie wijngaarden ('Stampfer', 'Haringer' en 'Klosteranger'). Rijping: 16 maanden op barriques (waarvan 40 percent nieuw). Zeer diepe inktzwarte kleur met violette schakeringen aan de rand van het glas. Aanvankelijk toonde de wijn zich wat gesloten in bouquet en smaak, maar na ongeveer twee uur in de karaf bloeide hij helemaal open met intense aroma’s van zwarte kers, bosvruchten, tabak, nieuw leder, grafiet en wat subtiele vanille-tonen. Een massieve, enorm geconcentreerde wijn met pakken krachtig zwart fruit en uitgesproken maar al vrij harmonische tannines, die mooi geschraagd wordt door een fraai geïntegreerde aciditeit. Stevige afdronk. Een zeer authentieke 'Südtiroler Lagrein', nog wel zeer jeugdig, maar met een geweldig ontwikkelingspotentieel. Te drinken: nu – 2020.

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  10/30/2014 - Zweder wrote: 89 Points

  Monthly Tasting Group LTB 2014-08; Monastery wines. (By EvA & TdJ): Deep dark purple and almost black. In the bouquet a lot of dark cherries and spiciness. On the palate ripe dark berries and dark cherries, a firm dose of good oak, lactic impressions. Enormously concentrated and juicy wine. Nice already, but still very youthful. Give the wine a few years of ageing.

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