2007 Jurtschitsch Grüner Veltliner Steinhaus

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 88.2 points

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  11/19/2022 - forceberry wrote: 91 Points

  12,5% alcohol.
  
  Quite intense lemon-yellow color with faint lime-green highlights. Somewhat evolved and pretty attractive nose with quite complex and quite rich aromas of honeycomb, some developed waxy tones, light juicy notes of ripe nectarine, a little bit of poached pear, a hint of something sweet and gaseous and a mineral touch of wet rocks. The wine feels dry, somewhat reticent and a bit thin on the palate with a medium body and relatively youthful but also quite light flavors of ripe Golden Delicious apple and rather pronounced stony minerality, some beeswax, a little bit of toasty brioche, light nutty notes of almond, a sweeter hint of white peach and a developed touch of creaminess. The acidity feels pretty high, but it seems to be just keeping the wine fresh and balance without bringing the wine any obvious firmness or structure - it's quite odd to have a wine that seems to be quite high in acidity yet somehow not that much after all. The finish is dry, quite long and slightly evolved with layered flavors of ripe citrus fruits and white peach, some poached pear, light waxy tones, a little bit of stony minerality, an evolved hint of creaminess and a touch of herby spice.
  
  Although showing some developed qualities, this wine was still remarkably youthful for its age - most likely due to the screwcap closure that had kept the wine much more youthful than the other wines at this age. This bottle seemed to be slightly more restrained and thus also a bit thinner in body compared to the bottle I tasted 1½ years ago, but otherwise pretty similar in quality. Although not super young anymore, I feel there is still some room for further development here. A pleasant and quite mineral-driven example of Grüner Veltliner that is in a lovely spot right now. Excellent value at just 12€.

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  6/12/2021 - forceberry wrote: 92 Points

  12,5% alcohol.
  
  Intense lemon yellow color with light green highlights. Clean, enjoyably open and surprisingly youthful nose with aromas of white peach, some pear, a little bit of white pepper, light mineral notes of wet stones and a developed hint of wizened yellow stone fruits. The wine feels moderately full-bodied and somewhat oily on the palate with juicy and slightly evolved flavors of ripe golden apples, pear and white peach, some stony mineral notes, a little bit of honeydew melon, light spicy notes of white pepper and bay leaf, a marmaladey hint of gummi bear and a touch of waxy character. The acidity feels moderately high, yet still somewhat mellow, lending a pleasantly round, balanced overall feel to the wine. The finish is fresh, juicy and quite long with flavors of ripe white peach and sweet Golden Delicious apple, some pear, a little bit of stony minerality, light spicy notes of bay leaf and dried herbs, a hint of honeydew melon and a touch of wax.
  
  A pleasant, balanced and enjoyably fruity Grüner Veltliner that feels remarkably youthful for its age. Shows good combination of freshness, ripe fruit, developed waxy character and that stony minerality that seems to be the hallmark of Jurtschitsch wines. The overall feel isn't as lean and austere as in younger Jurtschitsch wines, so I guess age really hasn't matured the fruit flavors here, only brought them to the fore and pushed the mineral nuances more to the background. All in all, a lovely little drop; most likely the wine will continue to evolve for a good number of years. Simply ridiculous value at 12€.

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  3/9/2009 - burnhard wrote: 83 Points

  Alles Wein DAC Präsentation (Kastner Wien): frisch, fruchtig

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  2/20/2009 - IB71 wrote: 89 Points

  Difficult for me to describe, as I'm now close to drunk and drinking Gigondas! But had the GV earlier on and it was a very nice wine experience.

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