Wines with Thai (Matoom): Pale and steely with a slight floral perfume. Bone dry on the palate, with tart lime and some more exotic fruit; the incisive acidity dominates at this stage, and it wasn't especially lovable.
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2nd bottle from case. The first one back in June 2023 was disappointingly big and sweet (to me, reminiscent of the less nuanced, presumably deeper soil of Schloss Gobelsburg for that same vineyard, which I always found solid but not at all comparable to Bründlmayer's). Though not sweet anymore, the second bottle was simply surprisingly dumb for a long while. So I ended up just closing it back and forgetting about it for a few days to see where the wine could be headed. It transformed into an extremely mineral, almost painfully cleansing Riesling. Excellent though not at all exquisitely complex, as are the better vintages of this wonderful wine, starting with the immediately preceding 2019, in my view their top vintage ever. A beautiful wine—though one for the patient (given the current dumb phase, there is no point opening this for another 3 years at least; which in my experience is rarely the case for that vineyard—for instance most recently the 2019 was amazing right away) and those most impressed by the pure, linear style of dry Riesling, rather than the kaleidoscopic fireworks for which Bründlmayer's are most admirable. 92-93 potential, 2027+
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4/10/2024 - NickA Likes this wine: 90 Points
Wines with Thai (Matoom): Pale and steely with a slight floral perfume. Bone dry on the palate, with tart lime and some more exotic fruit; the incisive acidity dominates at this stage, and it wasn't especially lovable.
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4/10/2024 - Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine: 89 Points
Simon R's Thai Bistro Supper with Candidate Wine Matches (Matoom, Forest Hill, South London): Served with the Grüner Loiserberg of the same vintage. This is a bit more expressive with lime juice and straw on the linear and will balanced nose. Palate has more of the same and hints of pomegranate husk. Juicey, slatey finish.
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10/15/2023 - Ivan Strouchki wrote: 92 Points
2nd bottle from case. The first one back in June 2023 was disappointingly big and sweet (to me, reminiscent of the less nuanced, presumably deeper soil of Schloss Gobelsburg for that same vineyard, which I always found solid but not at all comparable to Bründlmayer's). Though not sweet anymore, the second bottle was simply surprisingly dumb for a long while. So I ended up just closing it back and forgetting about it for a few days to see where the wine could be headed. It transformed into an extremely mineral, almost painfully cleansing Riesling. Excellent though not at all exquisitely complex, as are the better vintages of this wonderful wine, starting with the immediately preceding 2019, in my view their top vintage ever. A beautiful wine—though one for the patient (given the current dumb phase, there is no point opening this for another 3 years at least; which in my experience is rarely the case for that vineyard—for instance most recently the 2019 was amazing right away) and those most impressed by the pure, linear style of dry Riesling, rather than the kaleidoscopic fireworks for which Bründlmayer's are most admirable. 92-93 potential, 2027+
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7/14/2022 - wormfarmer Likes this wine: 93 Points
Stunning wine, and at its best a few *days* in. This is one to cellar (or massively decant if infanticidally inclined)
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