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That's an interesting one Simon
Fascinating! And presumably it was natural in 2002, showing that natural wines do age (although, I guess with Musar being unofficially natural, I already knew that!)View attachment 27574
Wine of the year so far. Unbelievably fresh. A melange of cherry, plum, cinnamon, liquorice and Middle Eastern spices.
As textural, complex and thought provoking a wine as I can recall. Every mouthful reveals something different.
It don’t think it gets much better than this.
Very unusual? What grape varieties are in this wine?Wine of the year so far. Unbelievably fresh. A melange of cherry, plum, cinnamon, liquorice and Middle Eastern spices.
As textural, complex and thought provoking a wine as I can recall. Every mouthful reveals something different.
It don’t think it gets much better than this.
Hi Richard - not particularly unusual, as I’ve drunk a fair few of his wines over the years, incl the 96, 94, 09 and previous bottles of the 02 but this is my first for a few years. It’s a blend of Croatina/Uva Rare/Vespolina so a bit like an Alto Piemonte blend minus the Nebbiolo.Very unusual? What grape varieties are in this wine?
Hope you enjoy them Colin. My one suggestion would be double decant leaving the last half glass and then clean out the bottle before decanting back in as they invariably have heavy sediment at the bottom of the bottleOn the strength of Simon's write-up I've bought a couple of bottles of the 2005 today, so intrigued was I.
I drank one last week. It was like chewing razor bladesNot a tasting note , but it’s interesting that my top performing investment wine of the last ten years, is Salon Le Mesnil 2002, which has increased in price more than by a factor of 5 since purchase . Of course, I will never get round to drinking it
Austria - Wimmer-Czerny 'Felserberg' Gruner Veltliner.
Andrew Stevenson's note on his 2002 Fred Loimar Gruner Veltliner reminded me that I opened the 2002 Wimmer-Czerny 'Felsenberg' Gruner Veltliner last month. It seems to me that his notes are not far off what I experienced with my bottle. I decanted the wine in a small carafe and the colour was a lovely yellow gold. At first it was closed but as it warmed up and aired it gained intensity and depth of fruit. Like Andrew we found ripe fruit, pear in particular, and a rich rounded mouthfeel that lingered, with sufficient acidity to carry it forward. A hint of sweetness also did it no harm. It's definitely a fully mature wine but is far from over the hill. If I can add one more thing I would say that I was taken by the intensity of the wine, its depth and persistence. Just imagine, two 20 year-old Gruner Veltliners in this thread. Kudos to Austria.That is quite ambitious. 2002 was not a good year in Austria. I had a 2002 Smaragd a while ago that still quite drinkable but clearly tired and Wagram is following the Wachau weather closely.
Wimmer-Czerny's wines are typically built to last (just had a 2009 Riesling the day before yesterday and it was still vey good but also no reason to wait) but 2002 maybe stretching it a bit. Having said that I am looking forward to hear your impressions!
Well that’s just a typical Charlie , surely ?I drank one last week. It was like chewing razor blades