2003 Wimmer-Czerny Grüner Veltliner Felser Berg Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 89 points

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  8/12/2018 - forceberry wrote: 91 Points

  13,5% alcohol.
  
  Quite deep lemony yellow with a concentrated neon-yellow dishwashing liquid hue. Sweet, concentrated and quite developed nose with unctuous aromas of something waxy, dusty white pepper, some cantaloupe, a little bit of almond, light alcohol tones, a little bit of stone dust and chalk and a hint of dried peaches and apricots. The wine is rich, oily and moderately full-bodied on the palate with juicy and rather heavy flavors of ripe red apples, some apple jam, a little bit of peppery spice, light alcohol character, a hint of wildhoney, a hint of wizened apricots and a touch of stony minerality. Thanks to the hot vintage, the wine feels only medium in acidity. The finish is rich, somewhat warm and very juicy with soft and lengthy flavors of dried apricots, almonds, some cantaloupe, a little bit of white pepper and a hint of lemon curd.
  
  A super-rich, unctuous and quite heavy-set example of Reserve-level Grüner Veltliner. Overall the wine feels nicely developed and pretty harmonious, but the low acidity bugs me a little - this kind of concentrated and powerful wine really requires some backbone from high acidity, which makes this wine feel a bit dull and ponderous - which is a shame, given how beautifully the wine has aged otherwise. My guess was a Southern Rhône white with some age, around 12-15 years. The low acidity and waxy character threw me off, but at least age-wise I was in the right ballpark.

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  5/27/2007 - stevetimko wrote: 87 Points

  Not a great wine but the first gruner veltliner I'd buy again. Tell-tale white pepper with some pear flavors. Good minerality. Went well with the grilled asparagus. Maybe a bit flabby.

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