2019 Sattlerhof Sauvignon Blanc Kranachberg

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  3/26/2024 - Jonasborgen Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Blind this would be very hard to guess Sauvignon Blanc. Quite unlike Loire, but a pleasant but somewhat overpriced wine

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  3/10/2023 - SuperSomm wrote:

  Medium gold colour. Medium and developing nose with gooseberry, passion fruit, grass, wet stone, lemon, peach, lemon grass and cream. Medium taste of gooseberry, passion fruit, lemon, cream, grass, peach, lemon grass and wet stone. Long and dry finish. High acidity. Medium body. A very good Austrian Sauvignon Blanc from a magnum bottle. Feels like something in between a Loire and a NZ Sauvignon Blanc. Drink now or over the next couple of years. Goes well with fish, shellfish or vegetables.

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  1/23/2023 - forceberry wrote: 91 Points

  A single-vineyard Sauvignon Blanc. The crushed grapes are cold-soaked with the skins for 12-16 hours, then fermented and aged on the lees in stainless steel tanks for 18 months. 13,5% alcohol, 1 g/l residual sugar and 6,0 g/l acidity.
  
  Pale lime-green color. Somewhat restrained and a bit reductive nose with light aromas of green currants, some asparagus, light grassy green tones, a little bit of lemony citrus fruits and reductive hints of struck match and hard-boiled egg. After lengthy aeration the nose is much more expressive with a sort of "Alpine" mineral feel along with sweeter notes of juicy golden currants and more herbaceous notes of nettles and chopped green chili. The wine is dry, firm and intense on the palate with a medium body and focused yet a bit understated flavors of ripe white peach and crunchy white currant, some spicy red apple tones, a little bit of stony minerality, light extracted waxy nuances, a hint of leesy creaminess and a touch of incisive, steely minerality. There's a tiny bit of warmth from the alcohol, but the overall style is very cool and precise, thanks to the mineral overtones and structured, high acidity. The finish is firm, long and steely with dry but also a bit understated flavors of crunchy white currants, some sweeter notes of golden apples, light concentrated nuances of honey or beeswax, a little bit of apple peel bitterness, a hint of herbaceous greenness and a touch of saline minerality.
  
  A very sophisticated and precise Sauvignon Blanc made in an understated yet concentrated and very mineral style. Just as like a good Chablis, this isn't a wine that'll turn heads - this is just a solid, well-crafted wine that calls for the right time and right place. As the wine is still super youthful and maybe suffering a bit from the reduction, I'd say this wine isn't showing its best in a while - which also explains why this wine didn't really "wow" anybody. I thought the wine was great, but it was more about future potential than immediate drinkability - most other attendees seemed to dismiss the wine altogether. In our tasting the wine didn't receive any points from any of the eight participants, making it finish on shared sixth (ie. last) place. Nevertheless, I'd say this was great value at 19,99€.

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  5/20/2022 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  With a very high toned green apple note. Very tart, very focused and tangy. Wozwer.

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  4/26/2022 - isbjoern wrote: 89 Points

  Very spicy, vegetable soup cubes, soft texture, a slightly soapy character, quite rich and powerful, a bit of grass. Not the most thrilling vintage. - 89 points

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