Arnt Egil Nordlien
Arnt Egil Nordlien
Just some quick impressions from a large tasting yesterday.
-Nikolaihof presented a couple of 2008 federspielen. Great wines. Also there was a new riesling cru from Kremstal named Klausberg. Vintage 2005 just bottled and out for sale after 4 years in holzfass. Nice wine, but not exactly Steiner Hund either. The vines were planted in 1995 and the vineyard is close to Steiner Hund.
-Franz und Christine Strohmeier are really doing nice things and experimenting a lot. The two unsulphured schilchers sets a new standard for the region. Also a very nice unsulphured late harvest sauvignon blanc with 6 months maceration. And a nice unsulphured weissburgunder without maceration. There's an unsulphured zweigelt as well. These wines deserves to be better known.
-Brndlmayers Zbinger Heiligenstein riesling alte reben 2001 was surprisingly mature.
-Mantlerhof still makes the best Roter veltliner around.
-Blaufrnkisch can make great juice, but seems to be tricky. Too much wood makes it definitely dumb. But also several of the tank-versions I tasted seemed reductive in no nice way. Hans & Anita Nittnaus (biodynamic, soily wines, little oak), Prieler (modern, elegant, focused, too much oak on their top-cuvee), Weninger (harder, structured, concentrated, biodynamic), Schnberger (biodynamic, fruitier and simpler than the three others) was the best of the day. With Nittnaus' and Prielers Blaufrnkisch Leithaberg 2006 as my two favorites.
-Nikolaihof presented a couple of 2008 federspielen. Great wines. Also there was a new riesling cru from Kremstal named Klausberg. Vintage 2005 just bottled and out for sale after 4 years in holzfass. Nice wine, but not exactly Steiner Hund either. The vines were planted in 1995 and the vineyard is close to Steiner Hund.
-Franz und Christine Strohmeier are really doing nice things and experimenting a lot. The two unsulphured schilchers sets a new standard for the region. Also a very nice unsulphured late harvest sauvignon blanc with 6 months maceration. And a nice unsulphured weissburgunder without maceration. There's an unsulphured zweigelt as well. These wines deserves to be better known.
-Brndlmayers Zbinger Heiligenstein riesling alte reben 2001 was surprisingly mature.
-Mantlerhof still makes the best Roter veltliner around.
-Blaufrnkisch can make great juice, but seems to be tricky. Too much wood makes it definitely dumb. But also several of the tank-versions I tasted seemed reductive in no nice way. Hans & Anita Nittnaus (biodynamic, soily wines, little oak), Prieler (modern, elegant, focused, too much oak on their top-cuvee), Weninger (harder, structured, concentrated, biodynamic), Schnberger (biodynamic, fruitier and simpler than the three others) was the best of the day. With Nittnaus' and Prielers Blaufrnkisch Leithaberg 2006 as my two favorites.