Hirsch, Gaisberg Riesling, Kamptal

An intense, beguiling nose of fruit salad, petrol, summer meadow, camphor and chalky earth. Richly textured palate of great depth. Finish is long, salty and harmonious with sound acids, complex fruits, a mineral tingle and a kiss of phenolics. So much more giving and complete than a bottle approximately 2 years ago. Over a couple hours, this wine tightened, becoming more steely, nervy, the fruit focused on citrus - more like my first tasting. I think it needs another year …

2021 vintage

A killer saline nose of intense musky white flowers, pear, a touch of lime zest, petrol, liquid rocks. Concentrated, rich, slightly phenolic palate. Spicy, phenolic, salty, persistent finish with a hint of ginger. Moderate+ acid. Opened up over a couple hours, becoming rounder, adding lemon oil, honey, roasted sesame seed. This will age but drinking well now.

2021 vintage

Great wines dinner (NOTK, Rotterdam) : Initially closed, but opened up with a bit of time and air. Medium intensity on the nose with lemon, white peach, white flowers, salinity, wet stone, mint. High acidity, long finish. 92-93+

2021 vintage

The one with the romantic date after the cigar craving (LCH) : Sommelier at the restaurant turned out to be the wine maker of this and we decided we needed to pop a bottle to give this a try. Charming bouquet with lychee, nashi pears, apricots and chamomile leaves while right off the bat palate intensity and concentration combined with super pure and transparent white fruit was truly intriguing and mind-boggling - damm this is really good!

2021 vintage

Arnaud Baillot vintage 2023 tasting dinner (NOTK, Rotterdam) : [Restaurant purchase] At restaurant NOTK, Rotterdam. No detailed notes. Medium+ intensity on the nose. Ripe, minerality, lemon, lemon zest, pear, petrol. High acidity, long finish

2021 vintage

Lime, wet stone, pleasant (house style) matchstick reduction, minimum petrol at this point. Good depth, seamless, excellent balance. Bright acidity with little lactic character. Very promising but nothing like 99pts (given by Suckling reviewer).

2021 vintage

Excellent, well-balanced riesling with typical acidity and medium body

2021 vintage

Bright lime and honey on the nose, rich and nutty on the palate, and excellent length and balance on the finish. Will move the remaining bottle to the "ready to drink" shelf but won't be in any rush. This wine is in a beautiful place. Did start to slowly fade after a couple of hours - had popped and poured after letting the bottle warm up for an hour after pulling from fridge.

2000 vintage

Tree fruits, petroleum, mushrooms on the palate. Started off great but went tight after an hour in the glass.

2000 vintage

My last bottle of this. Aromas of stone fruit, petrol and minerals with some oxidative notes. Creamy and round on the palate with an overall very soft mouthfeel. In the end, I think that this has shown to be what you should expect from a good 12 year old bottle of Riesling.

2000 vintage

Medium yellow. All petrol and apple. Perhaps a little dilution and diffuseness on the palate, but really good mineral finish and good acidity.

2000 vintage

A better bottle than the last, but still not as good as the first one tasted last June. Aromas of honey, peach, apple, some minerality and a little bit of petrol. Round on the palate with some creaminess, it seemed just a little bit tired, although it still drank very well.

2000 vintage

This bottle was much more advanced than the last bottle that I had. Darker in color (dark gold), it exhibited some slight caramel/oxidative notes. It was still drinking very well, showing aromas of peach, apricot, minerals and a little bit of petrol. On the palate it it had a smooth round and creamy texture and no discernable RS showing more red apple and herbal notes. Probably best to start drinking the rest of these up.

2000 vintage

Nice clove/allspice element on the nose. Big pineapple, mineral, unctuous and almost oily. In contrast to the previous note, I thought this was almost completely dry in a deceptive sort of way as the richness makes you think of at least spatlese-type sweetness. Outstanding.

2000 vintage

Hard to sort out the flaw from the aged Riesling characteristics, but in the end, this proved to be corked, most apparent on the finish. This did not stop us from enjoying the peach and minerality that were present for the first half of the bottle.

2000 vintage

This actually drank better on the second day than it did on the first, which leads me to believe this is gonna be able to last quite some time. On the first day, it was a little dominated by the acid and on the second day, it rounded out and mellowed into a gorgeous wine. Aromas of lemon, orange rind, apple, mint and even a very faint red berry note all carried through on a wonderful bed of minerality. Very …

2000 vintage

18 wines on a Saturday afternoon : Golden in color. The nose has honey and a slight petrol note. Not completely dry which curprised me. Complex with a pineapple and mineral note. More pineapple on the finish. I really thought this wine was in a very good place. Not showing its age IMO.

2000 vintage

Full yellow. Moves from lower toned scents to fairly intense, high toned lime skin and orange peel aromas. Full bodied, just perceptible residual sugar, good acidity. The fruit carries through on the palate and is accompanied by a dash of bitters. Not the most complex, chiseled, or mineral Austrian Riesling, but oh, does it have terrific dry extract, cling, and palate presence which linger for a minute after it leaves your mouth. Excellent.

2000 vintage

Eecho my previous note, but even better.

2000 vintage

Very good, took about 45 minutes to hit its stride.

2000 vintage

Medium gold color. The nose is all mineral, apricot, diesel and honey. The palate is vibrant, juicy, intense and long. This is certainly dry but there's a density and body to the mouthfeel that's just everything I look for in riesling. This is just now developing into its own and should progress further.

2000 vintage

This is doing better than the Gruner. It's got better concentration and depth, though, even here, I don't expect it to improve. Nice stony minerality and fleshy pit fruits ... this is more what I was hoping for when I stashed them away.

2000 vintage

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