2019 Zieregg Sauvignon Blanc
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Their top wine, from a vineyard classified as GSTK (grand cru). With phenomenal gravitas, this masterpiece of place eschews variety for vision. Cool, complex and citrus. Elegant, smoky reduction makes way for the taut, intense tango of ethereal herb and mineral notions on the nose and palate. A chalky, spicy grip bites down, refusing to let go. Salty depths and balanced poise, now and for the ages. (PS)
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Dense, ripe and tight on the nose, the 2019 Ried Zieregg Sauvignon Blanc is surprisingly cool and elegant yet aromatic. Dense and taut yet very elegant and balanced on the palate, this is a compact, salty and persistently complex Sauvignon classic from the Zieregg, but perhaps also as akin in essence to the Grassnitzberg as is otherwise rare (or at all). It still needs an enormous amount of time. 13% stated alcohol. Glass stopper. Tasted in Grafenegg in September 2021.
Very dense and compact, this giant sauvignon blanc opens very slowly. The pronounced rosemary, thyme and sage character takes it light years from any of the stereotypes for this grape. Very tightly wound, with enormous wet-stone minerality, this is already stretching out towards infinity. From organically grown grapes. Drinkable now, but best from 2023. Glass stopper.