Weingut Josef Högl Grüner Veltliner Smaragd Ried Schon-Viessling

Airy, delicate weight and texture with flavors that are at this point quite tertiary and mineral with just an undertone of fruit. Hints of bitter herbs, white pepper and citrus oil, the palate is actually quite persistent and the finish quite long. Perhaps a little hollow in the midpalate, but otherwise, a very nice wine from a producer I'm wholly unfamiliar with.

Showed better after a couple days in the fridge. Take that to mean that this still has a few years ahead of it, even though the fruit is very diminished and the wine is primarily driven by mineral and petrol characteristics. Very big, well-adorned, and regal.

-- popped and poured -- -- tasted non-blind -- NOSE: lime, hint of petrol; smoky. BODY: dark golden yellow color; large tartrate crystals on bottom of cork; medium bodied. TASTE: very flat; minerals; bland lanolin; lime seltzer; alcoholic; 35 sec. finish; this was so uninspired I wanted to call it corked, but I'm not sure ... maybe just prematurely over the hill? perplexing, confusing, disappointing. B: 50, 5, 12, 12, 5 = 84