Harvested on 23 October 2013, alcohol a relatively moderate 13.5% Rich but lively straw yellow; rich and impressive nose, deep and spicy, herbs and minerals, ripe fruit, good varietal typicity in spite of some botrytis; very good weight on the palate, the richness balanced by juicy acidity, relatively delicate flavours for such a powerful wine, honey and peach, earth; long finish but vinous and honeyed rather than precise or detailed.
Rich and youthful appearance, deep ruby with a purple core, slight browning at the edges; deep and velvety nose, fleshy fruit (blackcurrants, ripe red berries) and barrique, spices and minerals, lovely freshness, really first-rate; the palate is rich and juicy but energetic and refreshing, with just that hint of tightness that is so typical for Blaufränkisch, seamless structure, nice hint of chocolate in the flavours; very good length. Really surprising quality from a producer with very little international renown.
2013 Franz Hirtzberger Weissburgunder Smaragd Steinporz 92 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
Harvested on 23 October 2013, alcohol a relatively moderate 13.5% Rich but lively straw yellow; rich and impressive nose, deep and spicy, herbs and minerals, ripe fruit, good varietal typicity in spite of some botrytis; very good weight on the palate, the richness balanced by juicy acidity, relatively delicate flavours for such a powerful wine, honey and peach, earth; long finish but vinous and honeyed rather than precise or detailed.
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2006 Heribert Bayer Blaufränkisch In Signo Sagittarii 92 Points
Austria, Burgenland, Mittelburgenland
Rich and youthful appearance, deep ruby with a purple core, slight browning at the edges; deep and velvety nose, fleshy fruit (blackcurrants, ripe red berries) and barrique, spices and minerals, lovely freshness, really first-rate; the palate is rich and juicy but energetic and refreshing, with just that hint of tightness that is so typical for Blaufränkisch, seamless structure, nice hint of chocolate in the flavours; very good length. Really surprising quality from a producer with very little international renown.
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NV Alois Gölles Marillenbrand 91 Points
Austria, Styria, Südsteiermark
Delicious interplay of sweet apricot and yeast, of smoothness and heat, juicy and fresh, fragrant and very long.
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