Winery - Hafner
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Hafner has a particular success with this Scheurebe sweet wine. Rich, with apricot flavors, the acidity brings out a delicious freshness. Honey dances around the liquid syrup texture, the botrytis giving the proper dry core.
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Hafner Scheurebe - 2007
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A sweet, toffee-flavored wine, the super-rich Riesling bringing some good acidity into the mix of intense concentration and ultra-sweet honey. The flavors are edging over the top—a little here goes a long way.
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Hafner Riesling - 2002
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Harvested in January 2007, this has the true purity and freshness of icewine. There is lightness and delicacy as the ripe apricot sweetness is pierced with floating acidity. There is a sweet, but fresh and clean finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A rich, toffee-flavored wine, which certainly has botrytis character, dried apricots and figs. But the wine is too heavy and misses the balancing acidity.
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Hafner Scheurebe - 2006
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
For an icewine, this is ultra-sweet. 2003 was a tough year for icewine, because there was not enough autumn mist, but the fruit was very ripe. This shows in the intense honey and burnt toffee flavors here, the acidity a mere hint.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Like drinking liquid toffee, this is too sweet. Any acidity (and there is some) is lost in the treacle, brown sugar and molasses, which are tiring on the palate.
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Hafner Scheurebe - 2000
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Smooth, velvet texture seem to leave the freshness on one side. It’s delicious, like drinking a sweet soft drink but with real fruit and natural sugar. The botrytis is present on this unusual red TBA, but sweetness overwhelms everything.
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Hafner Zweigelt - 2006
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Once past the aromas of cookie, the taste of the wine is a definite improvement. It is soft, almost sweet in its richness, without much structure. There is some spice, stalky blackberries and a rich, soft aftertaste.
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Hafner Zweigelt - 2003
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This fresh, fruity wine offers pure red fruits with light tannins. Very much in a Beaujolais style, this is juicy, with balancing acidity over sweet raspberry fruit flavors. Screwcap.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Very rich, as you might expect from botrytised Chardonnay. It remains surprisingly young, no sign of 11 years’ aging, with the acidity coming through freshly over the maple syrup and baked apple flavors. The finish brings the acidity right up front.
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Hafner Chardonnay - 1998
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