After posing for the obligatory bloggers-snap with his father Leopold gave us the debate of the winery - proudly display the brand new building work (completed in 2008) housing brand new tanks as well as so on, which run upon from the original cellars. Established in 1698 the estate is small, usually 30 hectares, though the brand new planting of Gewurztraminer he took us up the mountain to check continues the expansion. The slate dominated soils during the tip of the mountain with the perfect bearing were usually recently privileged of dumpy as well as woodland having valid which there was the vineyard here 80 peculiar years ago. Our debate enclosed the tank sampling session including the Muskateller which Leo was disappointed in (I forget the specifics, something about the astringency we believe) as well as the rsther than considerable - as much as my untrained-in-the-art-of-tank-sampling taste could deduce - Sauvignon Blanc.
Visiting the winery is never complete but the proper sampling of the ultimate releases. Their reserve Grner Veltliner perplexed me above the others. Sommer Gruner Veltliner Leithberg Reserve 2009 [Adegga / Snooth] had which characteristic strain of vegetable fres! hness co upled with the complexity from the small barrel aging adding much to the abyss of flavour as well as the lemon as well as pepper base. An elegant, prolonged finish too. Alcohol 13.5%.
With borrowed camera the photos haven't turned out to badly. A small fiddling as well as we also managed to capture the couple of minutes of video, back upon which steep hill...
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