Big Bottle Festival (Cellars Hohenort): Despite a lively mousse, the wine has ripe, almost confected fruits showing poached pear, pineapple in syrup, and some pastry lees qualities. Showing some age, it lacks vibrancy.
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Drinking from a magnum did not seem to do much for this wine - creamy almost almond tinged biscotti - moderate mousse = good but not sensational - as this was a gift and NV I am not sure how old it is
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8/24/2012 - rikipedia wrote: 84 Points
Big Bottle Festival (Cellars Hohenort): Despite a lively mousse, the wine has ripe, almost confected fruits showing poached pear, pineapple in syrup, and some pastry lees qualities. Showing some age, it lacks vibrancy.
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7/8/2011 - belfast taxman wrote: 86 Points
Drinking from a magnum did not seem to do much for this wine - creamy almost almond tinged biscotti - moderate mousse = good but not sensational - as this was a gift and NV I am not sure how old it is
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12/11/2010 - belfast taxman wrote: 87 Points
Consistently pleasurable - creamy
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8/14/2010 - belfast taxman wrote: 88 Points
this is now well matured - creamy and a fair bit of sophistication
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6/21/2010 - T.U wrote: 85 Points
Weinakademie Aufbaukurs II; 3/15/2010-7/5/2010 (Wien): Goldgelb, geringe Viskosität; N: dezent, leicht hefig, leicht gereifter Apfel, Komplexität gering+, cremig, röstige Aromen; G: ssf, eher jugendlich, glatte Säure, geringe Komplexität, "Almdudler", kurzer Abgang, Frucht hält an
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