Slightly higher and wind protected the site opens to the south. 20.000 years ago – during the last glacier period – mammoth and reindeer hunters used it as a settling place. The soil consists of pure loess as well as remains of bones from the Stone Age period.
Vintage 2021 JAMES SUCKLING: 94 points This is marked by a spicy ginseng edge to the yellow stone and citrus fruit. Chopped herbs, too. It’s full of flavor, full-bodied and layered, yet with fantastic freshness and a long, vibrant finish. Drink or hold. (S. Pigott) Jancis Robinson: 17,5 points Fragrant bitter-orange aromas – nearly vermouth-like in its herbal intensity. Rich spice on the full-bodied palate, drying and deep. A slender, stony vein adds to the concentrated tension. Long, zesty, and sublime. (Paula Sidore)
Vintage 2020 The Wine Advocate 09/22: 94 points Offers a clear, refined and detailed, very elegant and balanced bouquet of ripe fruits and finely weathered rocks that give a flinty tone. On the palate, this is a saline, tightly woven and very elegant Grub Veltliner with fine and stimulating phenolic grip and salinity. This is an excellent Grub again, and it already drinks very well, although I would cellar it for another year or two. This is a superb wine to have with freshwater fish for example. (S.Reinhardt) JAMES SUCKLING: 93 points Tons of orange-zest, white-chocolate and fresh-herbs aromas pull you into this expressive gruner veltliner that marries richness and elegant acidity neatly. With more complexity at the finish this would rate even higher. JANCIS ROBINSON - Austrias Top Gruners: 17 points Aromas of summer lily, wet grass and apple peel. Plenty of spice on the refreshing palate, offset by ripe Williams pear and quince. Good balance, and well behaved with a mild, drying texture and a heady finish.(Paula Sidore)
Slightly higher and wind protected the site opens to the south. 20.000 years ago – during the last glacier period – mammoth and reindeer hunters used it as a settling place. The soil consists of pure loess as well as remains of bones from the Stone Age period.
Awards & Tasting Notes
Vintage 2021 JAMES SUCKLING: 94 points This is marked by a spicy ginseng edge to the yellow stone and citrus fruit. Chopped herbs, too. It’s full of flavor, full-bodied and layered, yet with fantastic freshness and a long, vibrant finish. Drink or hold. (S. Pigott) Jancis Robinson: 17,5 points Fragrant bitter-orange aromas – nearly vermouth-like in its herbal intensity. Rich spice on the full-bodied palate, drying and deep. A slender, stony vein adds to the concentrated tension. Long, zesty, and sublime. (Paula Sidore)
Vintage 2020 The Wine Advocate 09/22: 94 points Offers a clear, refined and detailed, very elegant and balanced bouquet of ripe fruits and finely weathered rocks that give a flinty tone. On the palate, this is a saline, tightly woven and very elegant Grub Veltliner with fine and stimulating phenolic grip and salinity. This is an excellent Grub again, and it already drinks very well, although I would cellar it for another year or two. This is a superb wine to have with freshwater fish for example. (S.Reinhardt) JAMES SUCKLING: 93 points Tons of orange-zest, white-chocolate and fresh-herbs aromas pull you into this expressive gruner veltliner that marries richness and elegant acidity neatly. With more complexity at the finish this would rate even higher. JANCIS ROBINSON - Austrias Top Gruners: 17 points Aromas of summer lily, wet grass and apple peel. Plenty of spice on the refreshing palate, offset by ripe Williams pear and quince. Good balance, and well behaved with a mild, drying texture and a heady finish.(Paula Sidore)