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Rainer Wess 2009 Reserve Riesling (Wachau)
- Cellar Selection
- $49
Intense concentration, the wine powers across the palate, its texture packed with broad white and yellow fruit flavors as well as beautiful acidity. Age for 3–4 years.
— R.V.
(10/1/2010)
Rainer Wess 2007 Loibenberg Grüner Veltliner (Wachau)
- $48
Unctuous-textured wine, opulent, with impressively ripe fruit, this starts powerfully and continues that way. The big spicy dried fruits are right up front, with a dry core of tannins at the center. A fine, rounded wine, just freshened with some finishing acidity.
— R.V.
(7/1/2009)
Rainer Wess 2009 Pfaffenberg Reserve Riesling (Kremstal)
- Cellar Selection
- $35
Elegantly perfumed wine, its steely acidity sheathed in bright white currant and green apple crispness. This is an infant, needing many years to develop, although it is already beautifully balanced.
— R.V.
(10/1/2010)
Rainer Wess 2007 Pfaffenberg Reserve Grüner Veltliner (Kremstal)
- $48
The heat of the Pfaffenberg vineyard shows strongly in this wine. This is a big, concentrated waft of yellow fruits, given some spice and finished with a tight pear skin texture. Worth aging, to bring the spice fully into balance.
— R.V.
(7/1/2009)
Rainer Wess 2009 Loibenberg Grüner Veltliner (Wachau)
- $35
Powerful, creamy wine with intense spice, quince and lychee flavors, the acidity coming slowly through but never very apparent. Richness, concentration, with aging potenial.
— R.V.
(10/1/2010)
Rainer Wess 2009 Trockenbeerenauslese Riesling (Wachau)
- $95
The balance between rich sweetness and the purest acidity is on a tightrope, with honey pierced by crisp citrus and peach flavors. A fine and pure summation of the beauty of botrytised Riesling.
— R.V.
(10/1/2010)
Rainer Wess 2009 Pfaffenberg Reserve Grüner Veltliner (Kremstal)
- $35
Full, ripe wine, given great freshness from its green fruit flavors. It is textured, with a fine edginess followed by a light layer of acidity. The aftertaste is mineral, austere.
— R.V.
(10/1/2010)
Rainer Wess 2007 Pfaffenberg Reserve Riesling (Kremstal)
- $48
There is a fine layer of minerality in this wine, coming from the dry stones of the vineyard. It produces a tight texture that dominates at this stage. Underneath, green and yellow fruits are waiting to come out, bringing with them a great lift of acidity and delicious refreshing crispness.
— R.V.
(7/1/2009)
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