2018 Neumeister - Sauvignon Blanc Moarfeitl Selektion
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Very complex interplay of lemon-curd, yellow-grapefruit, savory and flinty character. Very concentrated and rather powerful, yet sleek and pristine, the minerality about as intense as it can be. But the wine remains enticing, rather than tipping over into some kind of fundamentalism. The finish flutters as lightly as a flag in the breeze. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.
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James Suckling
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From 30+-year-old vines cultivated on a high plateau on deep, gravelly silt soils and vinified in large, traditional oak casks, the 2018 Sauvignon Blanc Ried Moarfeitl GSTK shows a radiant lemon color and offers a pure, intense and mineral bouquet of crushed stones and skins, which gives it an attractive phenolic freshness. On the palate, this is a rich and round, juicy yet firmly structured Moarfeitl with a silky texture and crystalline acidity. The finish is intense, powerful and persistently salty, revealing tight tannin grip that gives tension but also youth. A promising wine that needs some years to reach its climax. It's unlikely you will get many better wines at this price level. The wine is an icon Sauvignon in Austria. The 2018 was bottled with 13.5% alcohol. Tasted in August 2020.