This was interesting: an 18 year old bottle that had been sort of ignored in my cellar. We tried it together with the same wine from 2020. Two completely different wines: this one had a rich color, a nice full mouthfeel, and a pleasant complexity of taste. It was also less acidic and more muted in aromas (as well as just slightly corked). I have only aged the Smaragd Veltliners until now, but we've decided that it is worth aging the occasional Federspiel as well.
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Newcastle Wine Club - September 05 (Glenn and Cindy's): Super clear with a golden shine. Closed nose with abit of spritz on the palette. Decent length with good acid. Alchohol showing at the back of the palette giving length. Secondary flavours showing through with good acid balance. Drink now to 2006. Very good.
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6/13/2021 - Sean McGrath wrote:
This was interesting: an 18 year old bottle that had been sort of ignored in my cellar. We tried it together with the same wine from 2020. Two completely different wines: this one had a rich color, a nice full mouthfeel, and a pleasant complexity of taste. It was also less acidic and more muted in aromas (as well as just slightly corked). I have only aged the Smaragd Veltliners until now, but we've decided that it is worth aging the occasional Federspiel as well.
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2/15/2014 - tastark Likes this wine:
Tasty. Lots of vegetal notes.
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9/4/2005 - serialmonkey wrote: 89 Points
Newcastle Wine Club - September 05 (Glenn and Cindy's): Super clear with a golden shine. Closed nose with abit of spritz on the palette. Decent length with good acid. Alchohol showing at the back of the palette giving length. Secondary flavours showing through with good acid balance. Drink now to 2006. Very good.
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