Shared White w/ Robert & Herta (9/26/16):
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FritzSalomon GrunerVeltliner Gut Oberstockstall Brumberg Osterreich Weinland (13%; demeter certified; trocken;
www.gut-oberstockstall.At) Kirchberg/Wagram 2013: Med.dark gold color; beautiful honeyed/floral/honeysuckle/
honeycomb/GV slight white pepper smaargd-level/ripe beautiful complex nose; lightly tart beautiful honeycomb/
honeyed/floral/honeysuckle ripe/lush complex flavor; very long/lingering honeycomb/floral/honeysuckle slight
herbal ripe/rich/lush slight earthy beautiful finish; a beautiful smaargd-level GV; biodynamic/natural but
clean/well-made/intense GV; one of the best GV’s I had on this trip. Euros 11.20
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FritzSalomon GutOberstockstall Riesling Tobel/Wagram (halbtrocken; 12.0%; Demeter; EA) Oberstockstall/Wagram
2012: Light gold color; slight bubbles suggests CO2 addition at bottling; strong R/mineral/stony/steely light
mango/R/perfumed talc bit Mosel valve oil very Mosel-like quite fragrant lovely nose; very tart/steely/mineral
bracing rather mango/R/perfumed talc/citric fairly Mosel-like/slatey lovely R flavor; very long tart/bracing/
mineral/stony some R/perfumed talc/mango/pineapple/citric finish; seems pretty close to dry; the CO2 addition
gives it a shallow/ersatz acidity; quite a pleasant R at a very good price. Euros 8.90
A wee BloodyPulpit:
- Robert&Herta made arrangements for us to meet Fritz Salomon at his wnry in Kirchberg. Clearly very passionate
about his work and use of biodynamic. I bought this GV and we shared this at their home the next afternoon.
Robert is good friends w/ a guy (Manfred Drosg) who worked at LosAlamos for a number of yrs afore returning
to Wien. He brought along his daughter, who went to school and graduated from LosAlamos HS. Turns out,
we had a lot of mutual friends and Manfred enjoyed the afternoon catching up on LosAlamos.
The Riesling was the second wine I bought there. Tasted a week later at the Atticus Hostel in Ljubljana.
Tom