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AUSTRIAN Wines
AUSTRIAN Wines
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Austrian Wines
Austrian wines
have made a really BIG impact in the last 5years; the wines
listed below are from top growers so represent excellent value for
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EMMERICH KNOLL, Wachau
An excellent Austrian
estates, making great wines with both substance and elegance. |
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21 |
75cl |
Gruner Veltliner Smaragd Schutt
Emmerich Knoll
RP -
The 2006 Gruner Veltliner
Smaragd Schutt offers considerably more refinement than the corresponding
Kreutles. Scents of peach, nutmeg and sweet pea waft from the glass. A
polished and subtly creamy feel contrasts delightfully with a
palate-quenching juiciness of pear, sweet pea and peach, notes of brown
spices and honey adding to the engaging impression of pure, satisfying
ripeness, while subtle peach kernel bitterness and elusive mineral and
pepper notes offer counterpoint. Despite its winsome youthful personality,
this outstanding example of one of Austria’s iconic wines should cellar
well for a decade or more, thanks in no small part to its having been
given a good nine month’s gestation in cask. |
2006 |
£38.00 |
RP93
2010-24
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F X PICHLER, Wachau
One of
Austria's top estates, making really top-class wines - worth the price,
please try a bottle! |
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23 |
75cl |
Gruner Veltliner Smaragd "M"
FX Pichler
RP -
The 2006 Gruner Veltliner
Smaragd M comes from around 70% Loibnerberg with the balance from at least
four other sites, all picked by the 10th of November. Wonderfully deep,
with coffee, caramelized peach, tobacco, and an intensity of black
raspberry that put one in mind of a red wine, this deals effortlessly
with its 15% alcohol, finishing heat-free, with ample primary juiciness
and with plenty of flavour nuance. I can’t recall when I tasted an “M”
bottling as richly-satisfying and un-exaggerated as this. |
2006 |
£62.00 |
RP94
2011-25
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24 |
75cl |
Riesling Smaragd Kellerberg
FX Pichler
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The 2006 Riesling Smaragd
Kellerberg plumbs the deep, dark recesses of that site. Oriental tobacco,
black pepper, malt, and wood smoke fill the mouth and inform a powerful
finish. Distilled red currant, and lime zest accents remind me a bit of
the Ruwer. Seven and a half grams of residual sugar are just enough to
notice as sweetness, but unfortunately a bit of heat also creeps into the
proceedings. Still, for opulence, abundance of flavour and sheer
length, this is impressive stuff. |
2006 |
£61.00 |
RP93
2011-25
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24 |
75cl |
Riesling Smaragd Loibner Steinertal
FX Pichler
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The 2006 Riesling Smaragd
Steinertal smells of ripe apricot, yellow plum and Szechuan pepper. Pit
fruit and pepper dominate the clear, juicy, sleek palate. Subtle smokiness
and peppery pungency play beautifully off of the pure, ripe fruit, for a
really animated effect. The finish is rich, smoke- and pepper-tinged,
and succulently satisfying. |
2006 |
£52.00 |
RP93
2011-20
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RUDI PICHLER, Wachau
Another
excellent estate; well worth trying a bottle. |
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21 |
75cl |
Riesling Smaragd Steinriegl
Rudi Pichler
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The 2007 Riesling Smaragd
Steinriegl is vividly peachy, with high-toned penetrating aromatic notes
of citrus oil and fruit and herbal distillates that carry onto an oily
rich palate, where mint, oregano, lemon, and peach are deployed with
enormous refreshment and liveliness. Stony, chalky site-typical notes
add to the long, pungent, citric, bitter-sweet, and persistently sappy
finish. The textural richness and ripe flavours on display here belie this
wine’s merely 13% alcohol. |
2007 |
£32.00 |
RP91
2009-16
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