2019 Willi Brundlmayer - Riesling Ried Steinmassel Kabinett
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The 2019 Ried Steinmassel 1ÖTW Kamptal Riesling opens clear, intense and snappy on the nose, quite open and with floral fruit aromas but also a very ripe and dried raisin aroma intermingled with crystalline (para-gneiss and amphibolite) and black pepper notes. Dense and juicy on the palate, this is a concentrated, firmly structured, crystalline, very elegant and tensioned Riesling with a dried stone fruit aroma and very firm phenolics. A wine to age for at least 5-6 years. There are crunchy tannins on the finish that might come from the reduction rather than the pressing, which was whole clusters and pressed at 6 p.m. when they started to fill at 11 a.m. Picked on October 17th. 12.5% alcohol. Tasted at Schloss Gobelsburg in June 2021.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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Crystalline rocks. Intense, nose-clearing citrus purity combined with a stony directness. On the palate, ripe and very crisp lemon fruit with grapefruit aftertaste. Clean lines, steely core and long finish but an attractive and very slight grip at the end. (JH)
Crystalline rocks. Intense, nose-clearing citrus purity combined with a stony directness. On the palate, ripe and very crisp lemon fruit with grapefruit aftertaste. Clean lines, steely core and long finish but an attractive and very slight grip at the end. (JH)
At once intense and mellow, which is a weird thing to write, but this is a special wine. Delicate white-fruit aromas. Excellent structure and racy minerality make this really exciting. Very long, crystalline finish that promises a very long life. Drink or hold.