GV query

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SFJoe

Joe Dougherty
I have a quite tasty glass of 2005 Gobelsburger GV "Tradition" in front of me. Can anyone tell me what's traditional about it, and how it differs from their other wines?
 
The Schloss Gobelsburg "Gobelsburger" bottlings are partly from purchased grapes, as opposed to the estate only fruit for non-Gobelsburger. But I think there is an error in the text here, as I am not aware of a "Gobelsburger Tradition" bottling (although I could surely be wrong). There IS a Schloss Gobelsburg GV "Tradition" bottling which is described thusly by TT in his Austria catalog:

"This is a deliberate attempt to replicate the style of 50 years agoconventional pressing on the skins, no must-clarification, no temperature control, and 18 months in old casks with frequent rackings to encourage secondary flavors. Its not a pastiche so much as an homage to an old dialect of white wine disappearing from the modern world."

This is what I believe you have drunk.
 
You are quite correct, it is simply Gobelsburg.

I wondered about oxidative fermentation with soldids from skins and old barrels, but didn't want to throw darts.

It's really interesting and fun wine. I suggest it to anyone.
 
It has a pleasantly furry rusticity that I don't want to overstate. It also has a developed and not simple aromatic interest.

No idea where it's going, but it's in a good place now.
 
I had two perfect bottles of it a couple years ago, and haven't seen it in these here parts since. I remember a luscious soft weight in the midpalate smartened up by pert but not aggressive acidity on the back and a whole Alpine meadow of wildflowers.
 
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