Weingut Knoll, Loibner Gruner Veltliner Federspiel, Wachau

High fill, good cork. Unfortunately slightly past peak. Drinkable, but not with the tension and energy it should have. Still balanced and with a decent acidity and only slight botrytis. Medium length. 87-88

1998 vintage

Tropical fruit, nice acid, pears and peaches. Honeysuckle central. Touch of age and secondary notes. Love it.

2015 vintage

Nice, light, golden. Honeysuckle and a touch of sweetness. High acid. Good food wine.

2015 vintage

sweet lemony floral nose with some butter. light and crispy with medium integrated acidity. high toned minerality. some carrot, radish, and celery flavors buoyed against lemon and unripe apple. just a tad creamy. short clean finish.

2012 vintage

Good crisp acid, green apples, pear. Love it. Lemon. Almond.

2015 vintage

Went back to this, this has multiple interesting layers of flavors,pineapple , Granny Smith apple, pears, peaches, and a hint of marzipan, minerals and diesel on the lingering finish. Tonight was without food.

2015 vintage

Golden yellow, flora nose of citrus and spices. Marzipan , apple, peaches and minerals on the finish. Good balancing acidity.

2015 vintage

Good, clean crisp, nice fruit. Still a favorite

2015 vintage

Nice, refreshing, white peach, apple, pear, and maybe tangerine? Good acidity. Drank by itself after dinner.

2015 vintage

Light yellow. Bone dry. Apricot pit, steel, diesel, medium ripe peach, and a mineral finish.

2015 vintage

Austrian Jesus wins again. Lemon, grapefruit, great acid. Straw yellow in color.

2015 vintage

Lime, apple, lemon, good acid. A favorite Grüner

2015 vintage

Black Sheep Pizza / Wine Tasting : Grapefruit pear, little bit of spice with a long finish that gets sweeter as it goes.

2015 vintage

Softer than I remembered, but with nice apple and pea flavors, a hint of petrol. Drink up based on this bottle. B

1998 vintage

Very light yellow. Moderate intensity on the nose of spiced pear. Richer and much better at just below cellar temperature, more one dimensional if served too cold. Lemon curd, tangerine, hint of pink grapefruit, tart green apple with a lemon lime finish that does last more than one minute.

2015 vintage

Both bottle and cork were in perfect shape. Smoke and slate and rubber aged notes amid honeycomb, waxy notes. Smells like a Wachau wine. Lots of sense of place on the nose. Spicy on the palate but I think it's time to drink up however, fruit seems to be vanishing and alcohol is starting to pop. No oxidative agave/tequila notes, acid is medium plus and it is still enjoyable but its becoming disjointed and hotter as the fruit fades. It …

1998 vintage

Vibrant, minerally, nice core of pit fruit. Spicy finish. B+

1998 vintage

Retailer tasting; just short notes. (@ AB) : White fruits like apple and pear, a bit spicy, some orange. Very fresh style. 88 - 89

2015 vintage

Beautiful and balanced. A bit tropical but still citrus and good acidity. Always a pleasure to drink Knoll.

2012 vintage

In decline. Oxidative notes are entering the building. Drink up.

1998 vintage

2016 Villa d’Este Wine Symposium - Kelly, Alan and Kevin's excellent adventure; 11/3/2016-11/12/2016 (Villa D’este, Lake Como, Piedmont, Milan and Frankfurt) : Pear, apple, banana, honey and mineral. Cool, steely, mineral, bright acidity and a long cool finish.

2015 vintage

Monthly tasting club "The Tasting Club" 2016-?; Austria (@ PD) : Perfumed bouquet with white fruits. On the palate white fruits like apples, minerals and mild citrus. Really good and clean wine.

2012 vintage

Medium yellow. Some vegetal tones. Nice texture for Federspiel. Crisp and minerally.

2012 vintage

Not quite as vibrant as previous bottles, but good sweetpea and dry peach flavors, some pepper, good with the crab.

1998 vintage

This is more like it! Peach and lemon, peppery, great food wine. Maybe not quite as young as a bottle last month, but still pretty vibrant. Holds well throughout evening. B+

1998 vintage

In a pretty place, yellow fruits, citrus peel, a saline minerality. Fresh, fun, great match with the cukes in scallion sauce. Buy more. A-

1998 vintage

Nice light peachy, citrus, high acidity. Refreshing. Doesn't make you contemplate the meaning of life, but really quite enjoyable. Love it!

2012 vintage

Crispy clean, crunchy, with some beery notes as Erin might say. So lots of lush fruit, power, could still use some time in the bottle quite frankly but its good stuff.

2012 vintage

A little bit disappointing when compared to Knoll's fabulous specialities. Appears a bit bold, almost bitter, without raffinesse.

2012 vintage

Bright Golden- Yellow. Decent aromas of (dried) Stonefruit and some Grapefruit. Smoky Minerality and Crushed Rocks. Multi-layered and diverse aromatics of Fresh Herbs (Lemon Balm!), Shaved Parmesan and Honey (-liqueur). Harmonious, soft and of great complexity! Fine flavors of Stone- and Tropical Fruits; mostly Grapefruit and Peach (-nectar). Soft Herbal Spiciness and Parmesan Cheese. Traces of Salt. Vital, but Filigree Acidity and Fine Minerality. Long and harmonious finish with little Pepper and Anise Spicyness. Alive, while comforting with soft texture …

1998 vintage

decant, dont drink too cold otherwise this wine will offer some bitterness... golden delicious, quince, herbs, pepper (WHITE or black?) yes, wet stone, mineralic and citric...pickled apple or quince, ok!

2012 vintage

Vibrant green-yellow. Fresh aromas of Peach, Lemon, Apple and Pieplant. Some Firestone and little Sweetness. Flavors of Peach, Citrus with a center of Minerality and fine Acidity Nice medium-long, soft finish with dancing acidity. Very approachable and balanced!

2012 vintage

Blind at Paul's: Tiny spritz; pear, yellow cherry, light orange blossom, clean wet stone, lemon drop, good intensity, but quite fruity. Guessed Ris Baixas.

2012 vintage

Wachau Spring Wine Festival (Wachauer Weinfrühling) (The Wachau) : Nice grapefruit and tangerine fruit on the nose, but a bit staid in the mouth. € 13. **

2012 vintage

Wachau Spring Wine Festival (Wachauer Weinfrühling) (The Wachau) : Dumber on the nose than the basic Federspiel, this has a somewhat dry, yeasty palate and a mineral intensity, but I felt it lacked a bit of balancing sweetness. € 16. **

2012 vintage

Took a long time to open up into an expressive whole that was recognizable as Gruner. Served too cold. Nice once open though. Very clean mineral character.

2009 vintage

Spicy, spritzy, lemon lime white peppery goodness as always!

2009 vintage

Oak Barrel - Austrian Wine Tasting (Oak Barrel, Elizabeth Street, Sydney) : Colour: Lemon green, Nose: slight apricot, very muted nose, tiny grapefruit over spice Mouth: Medium plus acid, citrus, almost peach/stone fruit. Floral. Some skin, tannin/oak (?) Very, very smooth. Lovely

2009 vintage

Very fragrant with cool, complex herbal tones. Mineral, dry, fine and good intensity for its weight.

2009 vintage

Classic white pepper meets crushed stone, lime and lanolin...

2009 vintage

Fresh and lively, a bit lean and mean tho this young. Maybe needs a few months. Steely lime meets mineral, great food wine. Slightly (just a tad) effervescent/spicy.

2009 vintage

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