Johannes Hirsch

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SFJoe

Joe Dougherty
Catching up on IDTT podcasts while doing the dishes tonight. A relatively brief (and perhaps edited?) interview with Johannes Hirsch. I have fond memories of how kind he and his wife were to me on a visit to the winery 15 years ago, but I haven't visited since. The wines are not in heavy rotation at Casa Joe, either--I overbought Austrian wines as I did Vouvray, and the p'ox has put me in a panic to move through certain vintages and wines, so I'm not buying much either.

It sounds from Comrade Levi's interview that I have missed a lot of time there--conversion to biodynamics, screwcaps, and so on, and some of the changes have been reversed. Terry doesn't invite me to his tastings anymore, and I haven't tried to crash lately either.

Does anyone have a current read on the wines? I always thought they were in the rank behind Gobelsburg and Brundlmayer in the neighborhood, another reason perhaps why there isn't much in the cellar. But I feel out of date and behind the times in the Kamptal. How do people like Hirsch these days? How do the wines compare to other local producers?
 
I think a tasting of recent Kamptal vintages is in order.

The winemaker everyone was buzzing about after VieVinum this year is Martin Arndorfer. I met him in 2007 and was very impressed so I am not surprised.

Martin Arndorfer
 
Just to note that the interview is shorter than some others partly because Johannes has a direct style of response, and mostly because some big topics that we could have covered were talked about at length in other interviews, as Brundlmayer covered Kamptal back vintage history and the difference between Gruner and Riesling sites, and Moosbrugger went in depth on the vineyard diferentiation of the Kamptal.

Anyway, I recently visited Hirsch at his winery, and feel like my tasting knowledge is pretty strong pn the producer, but I am not sure exactly what you are asking. What would you like to know? Are you just looking for a thumbs up or thumbs down, or top five ranking, or what would interest you?
 
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
Just to note that the interview is shorter than some others partly because Johannes has a direct style of response, and mostly because some big topics that we could have covered were talked about at length in other interviews, as Brundlmayer covered Kamptal back vintage history and the difference between Gruner and Riesling sites, and Moosbrugger went in depth on the vineyard diferentiation of the Kamptal.

Anyway, I recently visited Hirsch at his winery, and feel like my tasting knowledge is pretty strong pn the producer, but I am not sure exactly what you are asking. What would you like to know? Are you just looking for a thumbs up or thumbs down, or top five ranking, or what would interest you?
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Your views on quality would of course be welcome, but I am curious about style, stylistic changes, what the progression of the wines has been since I used to be current (up to 2000, say). Where has he gotten to, where is he headed, and contrast that with the neighbors.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
Just to note that the interview is shorter than some others partly because Johannes has a direct style of response, and mostly because some big topics that we could have covered were talked about at length in other interviews, as Brundlmayer covered Kamptal back vintage history and the difference between Gruner and Riesling sites, and Moosbrugger went in depth on the vineyard diferentiation of the Kamptal.

Anyway, I recently visited Hirsch at his winery, and feel like my tasting knowledge is pretty strong pn the producer, but I am not sure exactly what you are asking. What would you like to know? Are you just looking for a thumbs up or thumbs down, or top five ranking, or what would interest you?
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Your views on quality would of course be welcome, but I am curious about style, stylistic changes, what the progression of the wines has been since I used to be current (up to 2000, say). Where has he gotten to, where is he headed, and contrast that with the neighbors.
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A bit on the run now, so more later, but I like the wines.
 
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Mark Lipton
 
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