Occasional tasting group: Top Austria

@ JdZ
Tasted Sunday, April 15, 2007 by Zweder with 471 views

Introduction

All wines were tasted blind.

Flight 1 (2 Notes)

Flight 2 (2 Notes)

Flight 3 (2 Notes)

  • 1991 Nikolaihof Grüner Veltliner Vinothek 92 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau

    This is what I call a sniff wine. Something new to discover every 5 minutes. At first just a little petrol, later almonds. Full bodied, round, butter, good candy acidity, refinement and bitterness. Very long aftertaste with butter candy. A beautiful complex wine. Surprisingly youthful for a wine that is 16 years old. I was impressed, but not everybody agreed with me.

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  • 1993 Freie Weingärtner Wachau / Domäne Wachau Riesling Smaragd Achleiten 84 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau

    Dark yellow. Some petrol and minerals like flint stone in the bouquet. Clearly green apple in the taste, but not as green as Granny Smith. Some citrus as well. Light acidity and very light bitterness. The aftertaste is medium and not very convincing. Although a very pleasant wine, it misses some complexity and is possibly a little too old.

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Flight 4 (2 Notes)

  • 2003 F.X. Pichler Riesling Smaragd Ried Kellerberg 86 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau

    In the bouquet a beautiful bouquet of flowers. My first impression was that this tasted like a very well made Edelzwicker from the Alsace. This might not sound as a compliment, but it was meant to be just that. Tasting this wine I saw myself sitting in Colmar (Capital of Alsace) on a terrace surrounded by flowers…and that is a happy feeling. Good concentration, butter, freshness and a lot of sweet impressions. Has a long aftertaste with some sweetness. A great wine to enjoy on a terrace on a hot summer day. Seeing the CT scores for this wine of other vintages my score is quite low. I cannot explain it. Love the wine, but it lacks complexity at the moment imho.

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  • 2003 Weingut Knoll Riesling Smaragd Ried Schütt 89 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau

    Flowers and apples in the bouquet. This comes back in the taste together with pleasant fresh acidity. The finish is a little drying with a hint of sweetness.

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Flight 5 (2 Notes)

  • 2004 Franz Hirtzberger Riesling Smaragd Singerriedel 89 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau

    Flowers and honey in the bouquet. Frivolous in the taste with flowers, tasteful acidity, soft sweet apple and litchi. A lovely wine.

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  • 2004 Prager Riesling Smaragd Wachstum Bodenstein 87 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau

    Interesting bouquet with a hint of prunes, apricots, tropical fruits and minerals like flint stone. Concentrated, very dry and very firm acidity. A very straight forward wine. It might well be that this wine is just too young to judge (by me, because I lack experience with this kind of wines.) but I score it anyway. Just to see what happens in case I taste this wine another moment in the future.

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Flight 6 (2 Notes)

  • 2003 Heinrich Pannobile 84 Points

    Austria, Burgenland

    Purple red. Fruit in the bouquet. Mainly cherries and prunes. A little yoghurt also. A lot of (yoghurt) acidity and black currents in the taste as well. Firm and fresh wine, but I am not impressed.

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  • 2002 Umathum Ried Hallebühl 87 Points

    Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee

    Light purple red. In the bouquet ripe dark fruits, ink and oak. The taste is fruity with dark chocolate and a little toasted oak. Firm and juicy wine.

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Flight 7 (2 Notes)

  • 2002 Weingut Josef Pöckl Admiral 87 Points

    Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee

    Blood red with a little purple. Nice complex smoky bouquet with leather, blackberry juice and iodine. The taste offers concentrated black current juice, ink, a fair amount of bitterness and a lot of sticky tannin. A little sweetness in the aftertaste. Good and firm juicy wine.

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  • 2002 Heinrich Gabarinza 88 Points

    Austria, Burgenland

    Blood red with a little purple. Black currants, chocolate and leather in the bouquet. Concentrated black currant juice, sweet liquorice, good oak and soft tannin. Long and fruity aftertaste.

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Flight 8 (2 Notes)

  • 2000 Heinrich Salzberg 90 Points

    Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee

    Dark red purple. Complex bouquet with a little barnyard, brushwood, coffee, dark plums and chocolate. Dark chocolate, bitter, sweetness lead pencil and soft sticky tannin in the taste. Long aftertaste with blackberries. Concentrated complex wine.

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  • 1998 Umathum Haideboden 89 Points

    Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee

    Red with a garnet rim. Expressive nice and complex bouquet with leather and good oak. Juicy fruit in the taste, oak and acidity. A fair amount of tannin. Good wine.

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