Winery - Schloss Gobelsburg
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Crisp, very dry, light in some ways, but also with a rounded element. There is a good depth of flavor here over lively apple skin tannins. The wine is made from young vines as well as purchased grapes. Imported by Michael Skurnik Wines.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Its grapes picked at the end of November, this is a wine that plays between dryness and sweetness. Much of the fruit is on the dry side—citrus, grapefruit, green plums—but then there is a sweeter, spicy pear element, which adds to the roundness from a period of wood aging. Give it a few months to reconcile the two elements completely and there will be a powerful, delicious wine. Imported by Michael Skurnik Wines.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Terraced vineyards with poor soil allow the Riesling to struggle as it ripens. This gives terroir-driven mineral tension to this tight, coiled wine, full of acidity and grapefruit flavors. The aftertaste is so fresh that the wine seems to just float away.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made from purchased grapes, this is a delicious, simple, crisp wine, with apple and pear flavors, some weight, but more to do with easy, fresh drinking. Imported by Michael Skurnik Wines
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Big, fat and opulent as befits a wine produced in a winery owned by the Burgundian Cistercian order. The tropical fruit flavors are dominant, but still attractively balanced with lively, fresh acidity.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The schist soil of the vineyard shows in the smoky, spicy character of the wine. It is full of life, ready to set out on a long journey of development, as the blackcurrant and ripe berry fruits mingle with nutmeg, the whole shot through with fresh fruit acidity. The final is rich, long lasting.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A structured, powerful wine from the Lamm single vineyard. Big white fruits are spiced with coriander, lifted by green pea flavors and bright acidity. It is very rich but totally disciplined, keeping its intensity in a tight minerality. Imported by Michael Skurnik Wines.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made in a style that consciously echoes the 19th century, this wine, with its weight, its wood and its caramel flavors, is very different from any others in the Gobelsburg range—or, indeed, anything else in Kamptal. But it is not just a curiosity, because its richness and round texture are welcoming, ripe and full of yellow fruits. Already a pleasure to drink. Imported by Michael Skurnik Wines.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
With a great mineral character, but with some warmth at the same time, this is a wine that shows crispness, fine acidity and tight, final freshness. Flavors of citrus and orange marmalade give some weight to this elegant wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Lovers of the purest mineral Riesling, very steely, will go crazy for this wine. It is tightly woven around a core of green and white fruits and the crispest, knife-edge sharp acidity. It is for aging, to produce a stunning wine in 4–5 years at a minimum.
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