2015 Landauer-Gisperg Rotgipfler Klassik

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 88 points

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  7/18/2020 - forceberry wrote: 88 Points

  Bottled under a screwcap. 14% alcohol. Tasted half blind.
  
  Pale yellow-green color with a deeper lime-green core. Youthful and somewhat primary nose with vibrant aromas of chopped herbs, some ripe white peach, a little bit of sharp green apple tones, light pear nuances, a hint of perfumed floral spice and a sweeter touch of honeyed richness suggesting quite high ripeness. The wine is ripe, sweet-toned and quite full-bodied on the palate with intense and rather concentrated flavors of juicy apricots and mango, some apple jam, light notes of exotic spices, a hint of red peppercorns and a subtly nutty touch of bitter almond. The high alcohol lends some obvious warmth to the mouthfeel. Although the wine shows some obvious firmness and sense of density, the rather high acidity keeps the balance very nicely in check. The finish is ripe, rich and somewhat warm with quite lengthy and rather concentrated flavors of white peach, some honeydew melon, light spicy notes of dried herbs and a hint of apricot.
  
  A rich, quite concentrated and pretty balanced Austrian white with some obvious oomph. The overall feel is a bit too high in alcohol for my taste and I'd prefer a bit less ripe and sweet-toned fruit character, but otherwise the wine shows great sense of balance and richness that feels typical of both Rotgipfler and Zierfandler. Seeing how very youthful - even somewhat primary - the wine is at 5 years of age, it's quite obvious it could develop in a cellar easily for another 5-8 years if not more. I'd love to check this wine from another, cooler vintage if it would fit my palate better. Nevertheless, this was solid value at 12,50€.

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