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| Small Hill, Leo Hillinger, Burgenland, 2005 | 7.50 |
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| The sweltering heat of 2003 and the prospect of global warming has prompted a shift away from traditional grape varieties in Austria (often used because of their ability to ripen in the most challenging cool conditions), and encouraged widespread planting of international grape varieties. This thoroughly modern cuvee successfully integrates the old and the new, with the grassy, grapey and more frivolous characters of Sauvignon Blanc and Muscat supported by a serious backbone of Riesling . | |||
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Gruner Veltliner, Kremser Freiheit, Martin Nigl, 2004 |
11.00 |
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| Gruner Veltliner is a grape variety rarely seen outside of Austria, which is a shame as it is capable of producing great wines. Nigl is one of the benchmark Gruners – proved by the fact that it is one of the very few Austrian wines that Robert Parker has bothered to taste. Here is his note: “In the mouth, a rich peachy fruit and ore-like, savory sense of “the mineral” ally themselves to the flavors of legumes. Nutty, malty, rich low notes and bright lime citricity extend the range of expression, and this finishes with long, savory traces in all registers…Certainly it represents outstanding value and proves Nigl this year’s consummate master of the supposedly modest, introductory-level, low alcohol (in this instance 11.5%) wine. 90 Points.” Wine Advocate | |||
| Braunerberger Juffer Riesling Kabinett, MF Richter, Mosel, 2007 | 11.75 |
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This refreshing young wine has a seriously ancient pedigree. The Richter estate has been producing wine in the Mosel for 300 years. The steep Braunerberg hill lies along the Mosel river’s left bank and is renowned for producing some of the finest Rieslings in Germany. This is a perfect example of the “halbtrocken” or “half-dry” style, the wine is off-dry but not medium. Lush tropical and apricot fruit fills the mouth, but before this richness becomes cloying refreshing acidity draws you back, cleansing the tastebuds, ready for more. |
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Von Blauem Schiefer (blue slate) “Dry Riesling”, Heymann Lowenstein, 2004 |
17.00 |
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| Widely regarded as one of the finest winemakers in Mosel, these wines are a world apart from “classic” Mosel Kabinetts. They are dry as a bone and have a combination of concentration, creaminess and taut minerality. | |||
| Winninger Uhlen Riesling, Heymann Lowenstein, 2004 | £29.00 |
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| "Reinhard Löwenstein has established a cult following for his magnificent dry wines, specifically those from the top sites of Uhlen and Roettgen. These are no ordinary Mosel trocken wines. They are simply made differently, and they taste like it. ... refinement, delicacy and balance." RieslingReport.com. This is his top dry Riesling cuvee from the blue slated terraces of Uhlen. | |||
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