2013 Weingut Josef Jamek Grüner Veltliner Smaragd Liebenberg

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  11/19/2022 - forceberry wrote: 92 Points

  13,5% alcohol.
  
  Quite pale lemon-yellow color. The nose feels rather ripe and slightly evolved with complex, somewhat sweet-toned aromas of sweet apricot-driven stone fruits, some bruised pear notes, a little bit of crunchy quince, light honeyed nuances, a hint of sweet grapey fruit, a touch of pineapple and a whiff of dried peach. The wine feels quite ripe, rather concentrated and slightly oily on the palate with a medium-to-moderately full body and very intense flavors of ripe tangerine, some extracted waxy character, a little bit of quince jam, light evolved notes of bruised pear and dried apricots, a hint of apple jam and a touch of cloudberries. The overall feel is big yet not really heavy - the wine is surprisingly light on its feet, at least for its size. The rather high acidity lends good sense of balance and structure to the wine. The quite complex finish is dry, juicy and slightly oily with a ripe, subtly sweet-toned aftertaste of apricots, some bruised pear, a little bit of acacia honey, light stony mineral notes, a hint of quince jam and a touch of ripe cloudberries.
  
  This was a rather big and quite concentrated yet still remarkably balanced Smaragd Grüner Veltliner that never once came across as too big or heavy despite its size. It is starting to show some developed qualities, emphasizing some sweeter dried-fruit qualities and honeyed tones over the more youthful characteristics, but the wine doesn't feel particularly evolved yet. Maybe it is getting middle-aged now? At least it feels like there is still lots of room for further development - even if the wine is pretty impressive and thoroughly enjoyable already now. A great example of the classic 2013 vintage. This was a good purchase at 18,70€.

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  11/20/2020 - Leto South wrote: 90 Points

  Golden with shades of green. "Fat" bq w apples, minerals, spices, white pepper, shade of clementines. Full body w medium-sweet fruit, medium acidity. Aftertaste w white pepper, clementines, slight bitterness, some alcohol. A powerful GV now fully mature, will drink nicely for another couple of years.

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  3/27/2017 - Skrutt (Formerly RotHead) Likes this wine: 92 Points

  It has the stony quality, asphalt almost, but not in a dusty way, rather lusciously saturated by fruit. Staunt and refreshing acidity too.
  
  It didn't feel too early at all to devour this. The sappiness increases with time compared to the acidity, but it wasn't closed from the beginning either.
  
  One of my best white investments ever in the price region in question.

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  6/19/2015 - EMAZurich Likes this wine: 93 Points

  It has all...
  
  Das ist ein Paradeveltilner! Strohgelbe Farbe, pfeffrige Nase mit Apfelaromen... Am Gaumen stramm, mit schöner Restsüsse und stützender Säurestruktur. Körper und Finesse, volle Frucht und Eleganz... Rrrrrrrrrh!
  
  An der Luft wird die Restsüsse deutlicher... Fast schon ein "deutscher, lieblicher" Wein... Eher mit einer Auslese zu vergleichen, wenn man einen knochentrockenen GV sucht sollte man sich anderswo umsehen.

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