Austrian Riesling Wine Tasting

City Winery - Chicago, IL
Tasted Sunday, August 19, 2012 by tooch with 724 views

Introduction

Stopped by City Winery for an Austrian riesling tasting event. Fun time and the wines weren't too shabby.

Flight 1 (11 Notes)

  • 2009 Leth Riesling Felser Weinberge Wagram 86 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Wagram

    Straightforward, yummy riesling. Has nice fruit, good acidity and a floral nose. For me, this lacked the exoticism necessary to move this in the upper echelon of rieslings.

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  • 2011 Loimer Riesling 77 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal

    This was incredibly fruity with dense peach nectar...could easily have been drinking one of those overpriced fruit cocktails sold at Whole Foods. The acidity was medium on the finish which added to the sensation that you're drinking something far from the norm.

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  • 2009 Loimer Riesling Reserve Seeberg 89 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal

    Good fruit and floral notes on the nose. The palate has great zesty citrus, crushed stones, herbs, and peach. The acidity and structure were in good shape too - very nice stuff.

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  • 2009 Prager Riesling Smaragd Klaus 91 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau

    A very elegant expression of riesling. Peach, tangerine, petrichor, white florals and minerals are woven together on the nose. It's aromas are cool, refreshing and lithe. The palate was great - had a silky palate with big tangerine and mango tones. Mixed with stone, subtle truffle and herbs this was showing very well. Good acidity too.

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  • 2011 Weingut Markus Huber Riesling Terrassen Traisental 87 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Traisental

    Wasn't showing all that much other than some tropical fruits and floral notes. The palate was a bit denser than I was expecting, but showed nice peach and mango tones. Acidity was medium - refreshing and well made.

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  • 2011 Schloss Gobelsburg Riesling Gobelsburger 90 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal

    I think this was my first wine from this producer. Seemed like good stuff. Good tropical fruit that seemed crystalline in its focus. Furthermore, the acidity and balance was impressive. Liked the floral lift the palate had too. Yum.

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  • 2009 Weingut Hirsch Riesling Zöbing 88 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal

    Had a slightly exotic nose of peaches, apricot, fresh grass and spices. The palate had nice balance, focused tropical fruit notes and good underlying acidity. This is a wine that I enjoyed a great deal, but didn't leave me saying wow.

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  • 2010 Weingut Willi Bründlmayer Riesling Terrassen Kamptal 90 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal

    Great balance and fruit. Nice notes of peach, nectarine, pear, crushed slate and herbs. The palate was beautiful with big peach, apple, mango, pear and tangerine tones. Despite the big flavors, the palate was nicely balanced with lots of acidity and lithe florals. Showed really well.

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  • 2010 Hiedler Riesling Urgestein 85 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal

    Decent juice, but lacked the punch or complexity to make it really memorable.

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  • 2011 Freie Weingärtner Wachau / Domäne Wachau Riesling Terrassen Federspiel 79 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau

    Wasn't overly impressed with this. Somewhat gloppy with soft edges and big fruit. With more acidity this would deliver more enjoyment.

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  • 2008 Weingut Knoll Riesling Smaragd Loibenberg 91 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau

    Really good stuff. Nice nose of mostly floral notes; just beautifully and seamlessly integrated with nice nectarine, mango and star fruit tones. Showing really well right now with bracing acidity and good depth to the fruit.

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