2020 Ried Grassnitzberg Sauvignon Blanc Erste STK Lage
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The 2020 Ried Grassnitzberg Riff Sauvignon Blanc 1STK comes from a cooler site on brown earth covering coralline limestone that was picked until mid-October, macerated for about 12 hours, aged in doppelstücks (2,400-liter oak vats) and bottled in December last year. It opens with an intense and concentrated, lightly flinty lemon aroma with stony notes. Full-bodied, intense and round on the palate, this is a super pure, tight, saline and crunchy Sauvignon with bright and elegant fruit, fresh phenolic grip and a youthful, still-challenging mineral tension. Enormously long and salty, this is a highly promising, coolish, tight and lemon-scented Riff that should develop very well in the bottle. 13% stated alcohol. Glass stopper. Tasted in May 2023.
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Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
Jancis Robinson MW
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What a beautiful nose of lemon blossom, lime zest and fresh mint! Super-fresh and focused, the interplay of racy acidity, zesty fruit and chalky power spot-on. Dazzling freshness at the long, energetic finish. Excellent aging potential. From organically grown grapes. Vegan. Drink or hold. Glass stopper.