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Josef & Georg Högl
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2009 Wachau Ried Schön Grüner Veltliner Smaragd® trocken Alte Parzellen, Lower Austria/Niederösterreich, Austria

Nutty notes on the nose, light dried floral and vegetal notes, touch of yellow spice, partly dried yellow fruit, hint of tobacco and mushrooms, prominent mineral notes. Ripe, firmly structured, creamy fruit on the palate, some more yellow spice, hint of honey, very elegant acidity, full-bodied, concentrated and persistent, good depth, light tannic grip, slightly noticeable warm alcohol, hint of caraway seed, hint of dried mushrooms, quite complex, mihneral notes on a very good, creamy, spicy, warm, juicy finish.

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Last reviewed: 26 December, 2019
Price: 33.00 € find+buy
Type: Weißwein(White wine)
Quantity: 0.75 L
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Classification: Smaragd®
Sweetness: trocken(dry)
Bottle closure: Natural cork
Registration number: LF4117/10
wein.plus rating: excellent (93+ WP)
Last reviewed: 29 July, 2011
Best to drink: Bis 2018+.
Editor note: Firm, deep nose, very ripe, partly candied and caramelized yellow fruit, herbaceous notes, earthy and mineral notes in the bakcground. Clear, very ripe fruit on the palate, very creamy, more sugar candy and caramel notes, very elegant acidity, concentrated and persistent, earthy and mineral foundation, still young, good depth, extreme mineral notes on a long finish. Has shown a great development, much better than we would have expected just a year ago.
wein.plus rating: very good (87 WP)
Last reviewed: 18 November, 2010
Best to drink: Ende 2011-2015+.
Editor note: Vegetal and herbaceous notes on the nose, preserved pomaceous fruit and some stone fruit, melon, tart herbs and spices, yeasty traces and slightly chalky mineral notes. Full-bodied and juicy on the palate, delicately sweetish, creamy fruit, fresh vegetal notes, elegant, fairly lively acidity, has grip, light waxy motes, good persistence, very full-bodied on a good finish.

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