City Winry
Tasted Tuesday, January 19, 2010 by hutch with 1,413 views
My first large tasting of Theise's wines. I've separated some of the star wineries from my perspective.
Even though these wines are all together, there were some very nice wines and great values out there. Prieler's Blaufrankisch was excellent, and Hofer,Berger, Ecker and Schwarzbock all offered great value.
Easily the best values on the Austrian side. These were very nice wines, at the same quality of many producer's who were charging a couple bucks more.
3/5/10: Some prickles at first. White pepper. Slightly understated, but undoubtedly a nice little Gruner. 87-88
1/19/10: Easy going Gruner. Some light pepper notes. Very refreshing in the palate. 87-88
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Easy going. Bright and mellow.
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Easy going. A little vanilla thing going on here. Soft.
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Richer wine. Some viscosity. Tastes very New World. Not sure if I like this much. 87?
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6/29/10: Some spice. Plums and tomato. Good, but not much better then that. 87+
2/26/10: Spicy. light to medium bodied. Really delicious stuff, so well balanced. Lots of spices and herbs. 88
1/19/10: Spicy. yummy. Medium bodied. Just fun trying to pick out the spices on this wine. Very enjoyable. 88+
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Another table that really excelled. I'm really looking forward to both the German and Austrian '09's, and the Freiheit was one of the major reasons why. These wines are priced well, too.
5/28/10: Spice. Herbs, a hint of banana, and the Heff thing going on. That's all in the aromatics. On the palate, it is quite nice, but not at the level I remember from the large tasting, and I'm not sure I'd really get that excited about it at the $20+ price tag it commands. 88
1/19/10: Amazing nose. Really stunning. Has a Heffewiezen thing going on with bananas and the herbal aromas. Great stuff. 90-91
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Very soft. Nice, but I'm not in love with this.
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Bright and clean. Appley. High acid. Very high intensity. This is very nice stuff. 90+
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More great wines, although not the value play of others. The name is too known. The '96 Library Reserve Riesling was probably my favorite wine of the day.
Bright beautiful nose. Green apples. Soft, but has a nice luscious quality to it. A little creaminess. This is a great wine for the money. 89-90
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Medium body. Solid. Good fruit. Nice intensity, and a great, long lasting finish. 88-89
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Red delicious apples at first on an unbelievably complex nose. Amazing stuff. Tons of viscosity, a little petrol. Roch apples flavors. Really stellar. Finish doesn't end. Just a whisper of oxidation on the finish, but this is world class stuff.
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A little spice. Good fruit and balance.
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One of the big names, and they didn't disappoint. Probably the best table today. The Alte Reben is probably the best GV I've ever had.
Juicy. Medium body. Very good stuff.
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White pepper, spice. Very serious Gruner. Amazing finish. This is probably the best Gruner I've ever had. 93+
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Bright. Dry complex. Very good stuff.
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Gorgeous nose. medium bodied. Apples. Really great stuff, that gains intensity through the process of trying it. 91-92
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A littler fuller bodied than the Steinmassel. Very focused. Great once again. 90-92
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Some really nice wines thrown in here. I skipped most of the Christoffel wines due to palate fatigue. Happily the Kabinetts seemed to be the stars of the '08 vintage, and I don't have a problem with that.
Sweet. Solid. Ok. Maybe too sweet for the acidity. 89-90+?
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Sweet. Ok. 86ish.
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Green apples. Sweet, but with high acid.
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Lots of grapefruit. Clean, with a great front palate. Very good. 88+
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Great apple fruit. Birght and fresh, with a clean, piercing finish.
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Soft. Great fruit. Very nice. 87-88
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A little more green apple profile. Good.
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Good. Nice green apple profile. Well balanced. A little bite on the finish, in a good way. 87-88
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Very nicely balanced. Not too sweet. Pineapples. Great stuff. 91+
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Intense, amazing stuff. hold 92-93
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Off dry in style. Good fruit, balanced. Very nice. 87-88
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Some sweetness. Ok.
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Some spiciness. Sweet. Ok.
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Sweet. Kind of gives me the eh? feeling. 86-88
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Nice, drier than last wine. interesting. 88+
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Sweet. Ok. 86-87
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Pineapples, sweet, ok.
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Austure. Doesn't do it for me. 83-85
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Ok. Kind of rich. A little boring. 85-86
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Interesting nose. Grapefruit, pineapple. Sweet and tangy. Good. 87+
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Softer, easy going. Good fruit. nice. 87-88
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4/16/10: Exotic tropical fruits on the nose. Layered. Bright tropical/citurs fruits on a med+ mouth feel. Touch of sweetness, but it's part of the harmonious whole, doesn't stand out at all. Delicious. 89
1/19/10: Great citrus, pineapple nose. Very expressive. Round and soft, with a lot more tropical fruit coming on. Yummy stuff. 88+
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Muted nose. Very sweet. Nice focus. Good. 87-88
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I'm not sure what to think about this.
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Nice body and richness. Great, bright finish. yummy. 88-90
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Easy going, drier style. Some sea air quality.
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Soft easy going. Simple. 86-87
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Very sweet. Tropical fruits. Ok. 88+
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Bright, with saline notes. Very good. 89-91
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Bright, maybe a little shrill.
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A little sweet.
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Clean and concentrated. Layered. Yummy.
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Clean and bright. Nice acidity. Very good. 88+
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Softer. Focused. Ok. 87-88
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Soft, easy going. Good. 89+
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A dizzying variety of wines, ranging from great values to just great wines.
6/29/10: Bright. Some body here. Nice fruit. Pretty tasty stuff. This seems to be better each time I try it. 88
3/29/10: Dry. Great acidity. Clean and delicious. 87-88
1/19/10: Easy going. Some saline qualities. Solid entry level wine. 87+
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Slightly off dry. Great fruit. Very solid entry level Kabinett. 87
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Dryish. Clean and bright. Very Good.
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Focused. Clean and bright. Very good.
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Medium bodied. Pretty sweet. Doesn't really have a great balance for me. 87-88
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Pretty. Very clean. Off dry. Lower acididty, but quite enjoyable. 87-89
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Soft, sweet. High acidity.
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Very sweet. Dessert style. Intense. 90-91
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These were some great wines, and fairly priced to boot.
Bright and clean. Great fruit. Balanced. Very nice. 88+
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Bright and clean. Lots of layers. Some pineapple. Great. 91+
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Intense, concentrated wine. Pineapple. This is great.
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Very sweet, dessert like. Intense. 91-93
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Not a surprise about the quality here. I do wish there were a few more wines present, but I suppose there's not a great need to show that many.
Pineapple. Clean. Great acididty. Green apples come on during the long finish. Yummy. 88-89
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Pineapple, green apple. Long finish. Very nice. 90-91
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Soft, unbelievably varied. Round, just layers of fruit. Long finish that doesn't seem to end. Beautiful stuff. 93-94
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This was pretty easily the best value German table out there. Just amazing entry level stuff. I wonder how much of this had to do with the fact that he was pouring the '09's.
Some pepper here. Very well balanced. Good. 87+
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3/26/10: Great pineapple and tropical fruit. A little sweet, but nice acidity. This really over delivers at the price point ($13). Has some layers, and is just a pleasure. 87-88
1/19/10: A touch of sweetness. Some minerality and spicy stuff going on. This is very good, and would well serve as an every day Riesling. 87+
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6/29/10: Fairly sweet. more intense then the Leitz Out. Some layers here. This is good. 88+
1/19/10: This is a clean, cool wine. Great apple fruit. Some nice roundness, this is gorgeous, and another good value from the Leitz stable. 89+
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Great smokey minerally nose. Lots of stuff here. Very well balanced. Terrific stuff.
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Sweet, really needs some more time. Pineapple. Intense stuff. 89-90+
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Sweet. Soft. Good, but not getting me really excited. 89-90
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Very sweet, dessert like. Needs more time. Not really my style, but I dig the pricing. 88+
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A special mention because I really dug these two liter bottles.
3/20: High acid, cherries. A little earth. I still like this, and think it offers a good value, but maybe not at the level I found at the tasting a couple months ago. 86
1/19/10: Earthy funky wine. Dry. Quite nice. 87+
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Birght, easy going wine. Nice minerality.
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There were many tables of Pinot Noir out there, but I just tried the Burgs.
Spicy. Tighly wound. Red cherries.
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this is great. A little excess oak that needs to hopefully integrate. Nice earth, high acid. 91-92
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Very elegant nose. High acid. Good. A little oaky. 90-92
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Earthy, soft. Good. 89-90
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Soft. Cherries. Tannic. Nice. 90-91
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This is a killer bottle. Soft and silky. Very nice stuff. 92ish
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A touch of Earth. Bright. Good. 87-88
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Some funk. Silky on the palate though. Very nice Burgundy.
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Soft, silky.
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Funky stuff. Lots of tar. Good. 87-88
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2008 Heidi Schröck Muscat 87 Points
Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee-Hügelland
Sweet, floral and nice fruit. Good, but how 'bout that price?
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2008 Heidi Schröck Furmint 87 Points
Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee-Hügelland
A little more body then I expected. Ok.
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2008 Weingut Familie Prieler Pinot Blanc Ried Seeberg 88 Points
Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee-Hügelland
Round, full bodied Pinot Blanc. Soft, and very nice. 87-88
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2007 Weingut Familie Prieler Blaufränkisch Johanneshöhe 88 Points
Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee-Hügelland, Leithaberg
Sweet, easy drinking style, with raspberries and cherries. Delicious. Some spice comes on in the back palate. Tasty stuff.
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2007 Weingut Familie Prieler Schützner Stein 90 Points
Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee-Hügelland
Nice fruit. Richer and fuller style then the regular Blaufankisch. Great finish, although a little oaky.
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2008 Paul Lehrner Claus 87 Points
Austria, Burgenland, Mittelburgenland
Easy going. Some rich fruit.
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2008 Sattler St. Laurent 87 Points
Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee
Soft. Easy going. Solid little red.
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2008 Sattler Zweigelt 87 Points
Austria, Burgenland, Mittelburgenland
Easy going. Soft, accesable wine. A little Merlot like.
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2008 Weingut Ecker-Eckhof Grüner Veltliner 86 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wagram
Solid, every day white. Ok. 86-87
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2006 Weingut Ecker-Eckhof Zweigelt 86 Points
Austria
Somewhat sweet. Hints of prunes. Doesn't balance well for me, but does have a nice spicy finish. 85-87
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2009 Bio-Weingut H. u. M. Hofer Grüner Veltliner 86 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Weinviertel
3/23: Good fruit. Some pepper. Slightly sweet. Ok. 85-86
1/19: White pepper. Fresh. Ok. 86-87
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2008 Bio-Weingut H. u. M. Hofer Grüner Veltliner Freiberg 88 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Weinviertel
Medium bodied. Nice richness, almost creamy. Very good.
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2008 Bio-Weingut H. u. M. Hofer Zweigelt 85 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich
Bright red fruits. A strange, almost tomato thing. Ok. 85-86
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2008 Schwarzböck Grüner Veltliner 87 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich
Al right. Pretty typical Gruner. 86-87
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2008 Schwarzböck Grüner Veltliner Kirchberg 87 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich
Ok. Medium bodied. Solidly made.
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2008 Weingut Setzer Grüner Veltliner 87 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Weinviertel
Clean. Lots of saline qualities. Good. 87+
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2009 Weingut Berger Grüner Veltliner 87 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Kremstal
Solid every day GV. Ok.
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2008 Weingut Berger Zweigelt 87 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Kremstal
Easy going. Solidly made.
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2008 Hiedler Grüner Veltliner Löss 87 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal
Ok. Some saline. Solid.
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2008 Hiedler Riesling Urgestein 87 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal
Ok. Medium bodied. GV like. 87-88
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2008 Weingut Hirsch Riesling Gaisberg 89 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal
Slightly sweet. Good.
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2008 Schloss Gobelsburg Grüner Veltliner Reserve Steinsetz 90 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal
White pepper. Complex. Great stuff. 90-91
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2008 Schloss Gobelsburg Grüner Veltliner Kammerner Renner 87 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal
Ok. Creamy. Nice.
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2009 Schloss Gobelsburg Riesling Gobelsburger 87 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal
Medium bodied. Saline like. Ok
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