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Weinrieder 2003 Schneiderberg Eiswein Riesling (Niederösterreich)
- Cellar Selection
- $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)
Weinrieder 2006 Schneiderberg Eiswein Riesling (Niederösterreich)
- $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)
Weinrieder 2007 Alte Reben Grüner Veltliner (Niederösterreich)
- Cellar Selection
- Online Exclusive
- $27
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)
Weinrieder 2004 Alte Reben Grüner Veltliner (Niederösterreich)
- Editors' Choice
- $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)
Weinrieder 2005 Hölzler Welschriesling Eiswein (Niederösterreich)
- $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)
Weinrieder 2008 Kugler Riesling (Niederösterreich)
- Cellar Selection
- Online Exclusive
- $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)
Weinrieder 2008 Hölzler Eiswein Welschriesling (Niederösterreich)
- Online Exclusive
- $34
At this stage, this penetratingly acidic wine is still very young and delicate. The fruit sorbet sweetness is as much refreshing, rounded out by honey and a pure structure of quince skin.
— R.V.
(12/31/2009)
Weinrieder 2007 Grande Reserve Riesling (Niederösterreich)
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A semisweet wine, all currants and ripe fruit. The sweetness comes from superripe fruit, giving a delicious balance with the acidity. Flavors of yellow apples, tarragon and all-spice come together in an exciting finish.
— R.V.
(12/31/2009)
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