Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 90 points

  • Brilliant straw and color. Nose of grapefruit, yeast, and hints a pair. Taste of white pepper, grapefruit, pears, and a hint of Hibiscus. Pronounce acidity and good structure. Tastes youthful and rich. In the early stage of its development. Trick over the next 5 to 8 years.

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  • Clear pale-gold color. Expressive aromatics. Notes of white pepper, oyster shells, yellow pear, grapefruit, hibiscus throughout. Lush and ripe on the palate with bright yellow fruit, layered secondary depth and mineral high tones. Ample acid, well-integrated, along pleasing elegant mid-weight texture, and lingering finishing notes. Very nice.

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  • A really terrific example of gruner. Comes out of the bottle with a nice medium yellow, enough to show you that this wine is going to be interesting, particularly at such a young age. As you'd expect, very fresh notes of baking spices, pineapple and pine, all typical elements you find in Wachau. Acidity is medium, which sits well nicely now but gives me slight pause on the ageworthiness; at this point, I'd put this down as a great wine for the next five to seven years for sure, less certain after that. Still, a remarkable crowdpleaser today and a great expression of the varietal and terroir from this very reliable producer.

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  • Popped and poured.
    Clear, medium/deep lemon.
    An engaging mix of fruit - this had papaya, lime, gooseberry, and white peach (after a little air); also, green pea and saline minerality.
    High acidity and a fairly full body. A bit sharp on the mid-palate. Medium(+) flavour intensity predominantly of green fruit and lime. Medium finish.
    Possibly better with food than without.

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  • Lovely!

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