Outstanding quality Riesling from Austria. Nose a complex mix of peach, clementine, petrol, white flowers, wet stones, smoke. High acidity balances out the fruit. Just a hint of RS. Long finish. This is drinking beautifully now although can certainly be held for a few more years.
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Still very young and primary, this is bigger and more powerful than the 2012. Intense fruit character on the nose, tight and brooding on the palate with great structure and a persistent finish. Due to the vintage characteristics the 2011s should repay longer cellaring time. 93-94+
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(Willi Bründlmayer Riesling Zöbinger Heiligenstein Alte Reben) ($78.00) I’d come to approach this wine warily, as it’s been over-endowed alcoholically for many of the past vintages. But this insane masterpiece just undid me. The alc. is below 13.5%, and this is every single thing this cuvée can be at its very best. Talmudic minerality, and to call its smoldering depth “chewy” implies you could chew it. I think you’d have to drill through this baby! Massive fruit, profound in every way.A wine for the ages, and (yet) another example that no wine at all comes anywhere near to Riesling. + (+)
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3/18/2024 - Andrewbdc wrote: 93 Points
Outstanding quality Riesling from Austria. Nose a complex mix of peach, clementine, petrol, white flowers, wet stones, smoke. High acidity balances out the fruit. Just a hint of RS. Long finish. This is drinking beautifully now although can certainly be held for a few more years.
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12/2/2022 - TGHaddon Likes this wine:
Fabulous, aromas of bruised apple, liquid minerals , oddly sweet seeming in everything but the palate. Luscious and long.
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11/29/2022 - thalver wrote:
drinking well, small amount of petrol, sufficient acidity to provide cut, dry but with some measure of roundness, this could go much longer
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5/13/2014 - rossi.wine wrote: 94 Points
Still very young and primary, this is bigger and more powerful than the 2012. Intense fruit character on the nose, tight and brooding on the palate with great structure and a persistent finish. Due to the vintage characteristics the 2011s should repay longer cellaring time. 93-94+
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