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Weinrieder 2003 Schneiderberg Eiswein Riesling (Niederösterreich)

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Price $70

What a beautiful wine, with honey, perfumes, acidity and delicate fruit. It is certainly ripe, with tropical fruits and a pure citric streak. But more than the parts is the sum: The acidity promises long bottle aging, but the pleasure is also there now. Treasure this wine—none was produced in 2004 or in 2005. — R.V. (10/1/2006)

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Weinrieder 2006 Schneiderberg Eiswein Riesling (Niederösterreich)

Price $89

The first vintage of this great wine since 2003, this remains a wonderful example of the almost ethereal character of cooler climate eiswein (ice wine). The wine is certainly honeyed, but the freshness, the lightness, the poise, are just as important. If you can resist, age this wine for at least 5 years. — R.V. (11/15/2008)

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Weinrieder 2004 Alte Reben Grüner Veltliner (Niederösterreich)

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Price $24

From 50-year-old vines, harvested at the end of November, this wine has definite late-harvest richness and intensity of flavor. Fruit tastes are less obvious than the perfumes, the flavors of almonds and complexity, what Friedrich Rieder calls a wine with character. — R.V. (10/1/2006)

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Weinrieder 2005 Hölzler Welschriesling Eiswein (Niederösterreich)

Price $35

This intensely sweet wine, almost like nectar, is so fresh and poised, that it is both overwhelming and refreshing. Honey marches with acidity, smokiness and perfumed fruit. — R.V. (10/1/2006)

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Weinrieder 2007 Alte Reben Grüner Veltliner (Niederösterreich)

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Price $28

The concentration here is enormous, from low-yielding old vines. The wine has the characteristic pepper edge, but the creamy character, the ripe lychees and green plums, are all more dominant. At the end, a distinct spiciness shows through. Age ideally for 3–4 years. — R.V. (12/31/2009)

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Weinrieder 2004 Bockgarten II Riesling (Niederösterreich)

Price $29

The second harvesting pass through the vineyard in 2004 produced the grapes for this wine. The purity of the fruit flavors are the most striking thing about this delicious and impressive wine. Flavors of white currants vie with hedgerow fruits, lychees and almonds. — R.V. (10/1/2006)

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Weinrieder 2005 Hohenleiten Welschriesling Eiswein (Niederösterreich)

Price $40

Tropical fruits combine with honey to give a wine with both exotic flavors and considerable intensity and weight. Still, as befits an ice wine, there is some delicacy from pure, piercing acidity. — R.V. (10/1/2006)

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Weinrieder 2008 Kugler Riesling (Niederösterreich)

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Price $25

A beautifully concentrated wine, with the ripest fruit giving flavors of apricots, white peaches and currants. It has power, its muscles bursting with fruit and mineral structure, ready to develop over the next 4–5 years and probably longer. — R.V. (12/31/2009)

Most Reviewed Designations

Alte Reben Bockgärten Bockgarten II Grande Reserve Hohenleiten Hohenleiten Welschriesling Auslese Hohenleiten Welschriesling Eiswein Hölzler Eiswein Kugler Schneiderberg Schneiderberg Eiswein

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Grüner Veltliner Riesling Weissburgunder Welschriesling

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