Wachau Gruner Veltliner Federspiel Kreuzberg

2020

Wine Advocate 93: ...this Kreuzberg is very clear and herbal on the remarkably complex nose that reveals concentrated but still reduced fruit intertwined with flinty notes due to the black stones of the bedrock. Full-bodied, dense and complex on the palate, this is a firmly structured and more phenolic Federspiel that might be the wing designation for a deep and complex wine like this. The wine is pure and refined, provided with crystalline acidity, serious gip and lingering salinity and finishes with a persistent ripe mirabelle aroma...

2021

Wine Advocate 91: ...the 2021 Grüner Veltliner Ried Kreuzberg Federspiel opens with a clear and aromatic, finely spicy white-fruit aroma on the nose. Round and lush but also vital and elegant on the palate, this is a full-bodied, fresh, already accessible and pleasant Veltliner from the—still—less prestigious side of the Danube River. The finish is crisp and savory and provided with refreshing lime and lemon aromas as well as fine phenolic grip and stimulating salinity...