The nose is fresh and lively with tones of green apples, pears, limes, white fruits, and a touch of acacia flowers. There is good freshness to the nose, but it lacks depth and complexity. The Medium bodied feel shows off the freshness of the nose with crisp, medium+ acidity. This is nice and fresh, but it also isn’t all that interesting or complex.
The nose is classic and vibrant with tones of limes, green apples, some white pepper, pears, nectarines, a touch of pyrazines, and some yellow flowers. This is lovely and balanced with good freshness that even shows a bit of tension. The Medium bodied feel is balanced and fresh with tart, medium+ acidity that shows a lovely mouthwatering quality. This is really good. All it really lacks is some depth across the nose and palate that could take this into another gear.
The nose is pungent is and balanced with fresh tones of nectarines, red apples, quince, creamed peaches, oils, white pepper, Meyer lemons, and yellow flowers. There is good poise and vibrancy that is enticing and lovely. The Medium bodied feel shows off the freshness of the nose with racy, high acidity that has some good cut and mouthwatering qualities. This is excellent right now and is showing off good tension across the nose and palate. This likely could use a few years to fully round into form, but it’s really delicious right now.
The nose is vibrant and lifted with fresh tones of lemon peels, white fruits, green apples, white peaches, nectarines, a touch of capsicum, and white flowers. The lifted quality is spring-like with just enough herbal elements to let you know what the grape is. The Medium bodied feel shows off the freshness and lift of the nose with racy, high acidity. This is delicious and a great showing of Sauvignon Blanc from Austria.
The nose is lively and fresh with tones of lemon oil, white pepper, green apples, peaches, white fruits, saline, and some white flowers. This is fresh and fun, but it lacks depth and definition. The Medium bodied feel shows off the freshness of the nose, while it also shows off the lack of depth. The Medium Bodied feel is balanced and fresh with crisp, medium+ acidity that is lively. This is nice and fresh across the nose and palate, but it doesn’t show off much complexity either. It’s a nice, affordable option if you want a Gruner that plays into the more classic style.
The nose is balanced and open-knit with tones of apple blossoms, peaches, white fruits, white pepper, nectarines, and some saline. The Medium bodied feel shows off good balance and freshness with tart, medium+ acidity that has some good vibrancy. This is nice and lively with a touch of herbal qualities and freshness, but without showing a lot of depth.
The nose is pungent and vibrant with perfumed tones of nectarines, vanilla beans, red apples, pears, white flowers, crushed rocks, and some saline notes. There is good depth and poise as this has a lovely, pristine quality to the tones. The Medium bodied feel is fresh and vibrant with crisp, high acidity that shows off some good persistence. This is really pretty and showing well right now.
The nose is fresh and pungent with fragrant tones of lemon peels, white fruits, white flowers, fresh herbs, green apples, a touch of saline, and capsicum. This is distinct and aromatic with a style that is open-knit and fresh. The Medium bodied feel is vibrant and fresh with racy, high acidity that shows off some lovely freshness. I’m always a fan when I come across this wine and I’m a fan here again.
The nose is poised and with some freshness to the tones of white peaches, green apples, lemon peels, nectarines, white flowers, crushed rocks, and some saline notes. This has good lift and freshness, but it does lack a slight bit of depth. The Medium bodied feel is poised and fresh with tart, high acidity that has a bit of bite. This is lovely and balanced as it shows classic Gruner flavors but it lacks some depth at the moment, though there is room for it to grow.
The nose is lively and upfront with fresh tones of lemon peels, oils, peaches, green apples, nectarines, vanilla beans, white fruits, and white flowers. This may lack a slight bit of depth, but its freshness is poised and open-knit. The Medium bodied feel is balanced and fresh with tart, high acidity that has some mouthwatering cut. This is fun, fresh, and very friendly. It doesn’t really need much (if any) aging and presents an upfront style.
The nose is balanced and forward with tones of peaches, white fruits, white flowers, green apples, and pears. This lacks depth and much definition past it being a fresh, white wine. The Medium bodied feel is fresh, but lacking on the mid-palate with crisp, medium+ acidity. This is a bit straightforward and non-descript.
The nose is vibrant and poised with fresh tones of peaches, kumquats, lemon oil, crushed rocks, vanilla beans, saline, and white flowers. There is a more saline-driven take that is working really well, even if it lacks some depth. The Medium bodied feel is poised and fresh with crisp, medium+ acidity. The acidity has a tinge of sharpness and sting that likely won’t resolve with time, but everything else is balanced and fresh across the nose and palate.
The nose is balanced and herbal with open-knit tones of green apples, pears, lemon peels, peaches, pyrazines, snow peas, crushed rocks, jasmine, and yellow flowers. There is excellent complexity with a laid-back coolness to the tones. The Medium bodied feel is poised and fresh with tart, high acidity that has some noticeable cut. This is lovely now and likely could benefit from a few years of aging. There is a slight sharpness to the acidity and some angles to the tones that can be rounded out.
The nose is fresh and balanced with tones of kumqaut, pears, nectarines, sweet lemon peels, white pepper, saline, and some jasmine. There is good interplay between the peppery aspect and citrus, but there is a tinge of sweetness to the fruit that is a little distracting. The Medium bodied feel is fresh and balanced with tart, high acidity that makes your mouth water. This is fun and fresh, but maybe a couple of years can round out some of the youthful excitement.
The nose is immediate, fresh, and balanced with flowing tones of lemon peels, pears, a touch of warm oils, pears red apples, some petrol notes, white flowers, and jasmine. There is some lovely tension to the nose that is enticing and fresh while it also shows off some good depth as well. The Medium bodied feel is well balanced and deft with racy, high acidity that makes your mouth water. This is lovely right now, but it feels like it has another gear it can give.
2023 Gottschuly-Grassl Grüner Veltliner Hagelsberg Reserve 86 Points
Austria
The nose is fresh and lively with tones of green apples, pears, limes, white fruits, and a touch of acacia flowers. There is good freshness to the nose, but it lacks depth and complexity. The Medium bodied feel shows off the freshness of the nose with crisp, medium+ acidity. This is nice and fresh, but it also isn’t all that interesting or complex.
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2022 Sohm & Kracher Grüner Veltliner Lion 89 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Weinviertel
The nose is classic and vibrant with tones of limes, green apples, some white pepper, pears, nectarines, a touch of pyrazines, and some yellow flowers. This is lovely and balanced with good freshness that even shows a bit of tension. The Medium bodied feel is balanced and fresh with tart, medium+ acidity that shows a lovely mouthwatering quality. This is really good. All it really lacks is some depth across the nose and palate that could take this into another gear.
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2022 Frischengruber Grüner Veltliner Federspiel Steiger 91 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
The nose is pungent is and balanced with fresh tones of nectarines, red apples, quince, creamed peaches, oils, white pepper, Meyer lemons, and yellow flowers. There is good poise and vibrancy that is enticing and lovely. The Medium bodied feel shows off the freshness of the nose with racy, high acidity that has some good cut and mouthwatering qualities. This is excellent right now and is showing off good tension across the nose and palate. This likely could use a few years to fully round into form, but it’s really delicious right now.
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2021 Weingut Gross Sauvignon Blanc Bergwein 89 Points
Austria, Styria, Südsteiermark
The nose is vibrant and lifted with fresh tones of lemon peels, white fruits, green apples, white peaches, nectarines, a touch of capsicum, and white flowers. The lifted quality is spring-like with just enough herbal elements to let you know what the grape is. The Medium bodied feel shows off the freshness and lift of the nose with racy, high acidity. This is delicious and a great showing of Sauvignon Blanc from Austria.
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2021 Jurtschitsch Grüner Veltliner Urgestein 88 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal
The nose is lively and fresh with tones of lemon oil, white pepper, green apples, peaches, white fruits, saline, and some white flowers. This is fresh and fun, but it lacks depth and definition. The Medium bodied feel shows off the freshness of the nose, while it also shows off the lack of depth. The Medium Bodied feel is balanced and fresh with crisp, medium+ acidity that is lively. This is nice and fresh across the nose and palate, but it doesn’t show off much complexity either. It’s a nice, affordable option if you want a Gruner that plays into the more classic style.
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2022 Josef Fischer Grüner Veltliner Federspiel 88 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
The nose is balanced and open-knit with tones of apple blossoms, peaches, white fruits, white pepper, nectarines, and some saline. The Medium bodied feel shows off good balance and freshness with tart, medium+ acidity that has some good vibrancy. This is nice and lively with a touch of herbal qualities and freshness, but without showing a lot of depth.
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2020 Josef Fischer Riesling Smaragd Ried Steiger 91 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
The nose is pungent and vibrant with perfumed tones of nectarines, vanilla beans, red apples, pears, white flowers, crushed rocks, and some saline notes. There is good depth and poise as this has a lovely, pristine quality to the tones. The Medium bodied feel is fresh and vibrant with crisp, high acidity that shows off some good persistence. This is really pretty and showing well right now.
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2022 Tement Sauvignon Blanc Kalk & Kreide 90 Points
Austria, Styria, Südsteiermark
The nose is fresh and pungent with fragrant tones of lemon peels, white fruits, white flowers, fresh herbs, green apples, a touch of saline, and capsicum. This is distinct and aromatic with a style that is open-knit and fresh. The Medium bodied feel is vibrant and fresh with racy, high acidity that shows off some lovely freshness. I’m always a fan when I come across this wine and I’m a fan here again.
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2021 Weingut Willi Bründlmayer Grüner Veltliner 1ÖTW Ried Loiserberg 90 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal
The nose is poised and with some freshness to the tones of white peaches, green apples, lemon peels, nectarines, white flowers, crushed rocks, and some saline notes. This has good lift and freshness, but it does lack a slight bit of depth. The Medium bodied feel is poised and fresh with tart, high acidity that has a bit of bite. This is lovely and balanced as it shows classic Gruner flavors but it lacks some depth at the moment, though there is room for it to grow.
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2021 Weingut Willi Bründlmayer Riesling Terrassen Kamptal 90 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal
The nose is lively and upfront with fresh tones of lemon peels, oils, peaches, green apples, nectarines, vanilla beans, white fruits, and white flowers. This may lack a slight bit of depth, but its freshness is poised and open-knit. The Medium bodied feel is balanced and fresh with tart, high acidity that has some mouthwatering cut. This is fun, fresh, and very friendly. It doesn’t really need much (if any) aging and presents an upfront style.
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2023 Bernhard Ott Grüner Veltliner Am Berg 86 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wagram
The nose is balanced and forward with tones of peaches, white fruits, white flowers, green apples, and pears. This lacks depth and much definition past it being a fresh, white wine. The Medium bodied feel is fresh, but lacking on the mid-palate with crisp, medium+ acidity. This is a bit straightforward and non-descript.
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2021 Weingut Ecker-Eckhof Grüner Veltliner Kirchberg 89 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wagram
The nose is vibrant and poised with fresh tones of peaches, kumquats, lemon oil, crushed rocks, vanilla beans, saline, and white flowers. There is a more saline-driven take that is working really well, even if it lacks some depth. The Medium bodied feel is poised and fresh with crisp, medium+ acidity. The acidity has a tinge of sharpness and sting that likely won’t resolve with time, but everything else is balanced and fresh across the nose and palate.
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2022 Nigl Grüner Veltliner Freiheit 91 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Kremstal
The nose is balanced and herbal with open-knit tones of green apples, pears, lemon peels, peaches, pyrazines, snow peas, crushed rocks, jasmine, and yellow flowers. There is excellent complexity with a laid-back coolness to the tones. The Medium bodied feel is poised and fresh with tart, high acidity that has some noticeable cut. This is lovely now and likely could benefit from a few years of aging. There is a slight sharpness to the acidity and some angles to the tones that can be rounded out.
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2022 Nikolaihof Grüner Veltliner "Hefeabzug" 90 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
The nose is fresh and balanced with tones of kumqaut, pears, nectarines, sweet lemon peels, white pepper, saline, and some jasmine. There is good interplay between the peppery aspect and citrus, but there is a tinge of sweetness to the fruit that is a little distracting. The Medium bodied feel is fresh and balanced with tart, high acidity that makes your mouth water. This is fun and fresh, but maybe a couple of years can round out some of the youthful excitement.
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2021 Nikolaihof Riesling Federspiel 91 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
The nose is immediate, fresh, and balanced with flowing tones of lemon peels, pears, a touch of warm oils, pears red apples, some petrol notes, white flowers, and jasmine. There is some lovely tension to the nose that is enticing and fresh while it also shows off some good depth as well. The Medium bodied feel is well balanced and deft with racy, high acidity that makes your mouth water. This is lovely right now, but it feels like it has another gear it can give.
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