TN: 2008 Hiedler Weissburgunder Maximum (Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal)

  • 2008 Hiedler Weissburgunder Maximum - Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal (12/1/2020)
    Crazy things happen when you are digging around in the cellar! I thought I had drunk my last bottle of this years ago. Do a little rearranging, and out pops another bottle, now twelve years past the vintage. Who keeps Pinot Blanc for twelve years? Apparently, me! I put it in the fridge with little to no hope, and was shocked when I opened it. Not only was it still alive, it was fascinating. Spice, tree fruit, texturally rich and mouth-filling, it was an experience hard to really put into words. I kept grabbing another small pour, as I didn’t want to subject the wine in the glass to too much oxygen. I thought it might collapse. It didn’t. It just powered through with the skill of a linebacker. Muscular, especially for the variety, it carried on through and after dinner, and I left a glass just to see what might become of it overnight.

Posted from CellarTracker

Austrian Pinot blanc ages well. I’ve had some good Hirtzberger with almost ten years on it that could have gone longer. I think like GV, we underestimate its ageability potential when made by serious vintners from good sites.

Agreed.

Still have Hirtzberger from 1999.