2013 Gruner Veltliner Kellerberg
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Medicinal, eucalypt, with a bruised apple sort of note – very distinctive and different. Strongly medicinal palate, almost with a chemical edge. Powdery texture. Fine, balanced, lengthy and very individual. (RH)
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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Golden yellow in color, the late harvested (November 4 and 8) 2013 Grüner Veltliner Kellerberg from 20- to 45-year-old vines, offers a very clear, elegant, intense and spicy/herbal bouquet with ultra-ripe pear and stony flavors. Macerated for 20 hours and fermented in 600- and 1,200-liter oak barrels, the wine was kept on the full lees until September. On the palate this is a highly elegant, juicy and intense, full-flavored and well-balanced Kellerberg. It intertwines its ripe and concentrated yet full-of-finesse fruit aromas with mineral and slightly bitter and nutty flavors. The wine is firmly structured and needs a couple of years to emancipate from its winemaking.