Wachau

From one of the oldest wineries in Europe and one of the oldest vineyards (first mentioned in print in 511AD), this is a beautiful Gruner.  Green/gold/silver in color, clear and bright.  The nose is pretty with slight floral notes, asparagus, apples and spice.  Full bodied.  Crisp acidity.  On the palate, this has limes, and slight lemons with underlying acidity.  Long finish.  This is a delicious wine that is showing plenty of depth and complexity.  Drink over the next ten to twelve years.  It is excellent on its own and will work well with a wide variety of foods.  A nice match would be s

This is a late release served at the winery.  It spent an extra six years in large barrels.  Silvery gold in color, clear and bright.  The nose is clean with lemons, minerality and slight apricot notes.  Creamy texture but also crisp acidity.  On the palate, the lemons and slight apricot come thru with underlying minerality.  Long finish.  This wine shows a lot of complexity but undoubtedly will continue to mature for a few more years.  Drink over the next twenty years.  This is great on its own and will be even better with almost any food.  It would be great with Szechuan food.

Silvery gold in color, clear and bright.  The nose has slight apple with some peaches along with a nice minerality.  Good acidity.  Nice texture.  One of those wines that seems like it will have some sweetness but is in fact, dry to the taste.  On the palate, a bit of grapefruits and a bunch of peaches and minerality.  Light bodied but with plenty or energy.  It drinks easily.  Delicious.  This needs a few more years to full maturity, but is still nice now.  Drink over the next twenty years (or more).  This would work well with Thai curries.  

Im Weingebirge is one of the oldest vineyard names in Europe first being mentioned in 511 AD.  This is a late release and really shows that even the middleweight Federspiels can age just fine.  This is just starting to get close to maturity at 7 years from vintage.  Silvery/gold in color, clear and bright.  The nose is tight at first but opens to show slight asparagus, yeast, spice, minerals and white pepper.  Lovely creamy texture.  Light tannins.  Nice acidity.  On the palate, this is layered and complex.  Limes with pepper and spice with underlying minerals.  A very long finish.  Just a

Biodynamic wine tasted at the winery.  Very light silvery/gold in color, clear and bright.  The nose is very nice with a floral note (apple blossoms?) and limes with some minerality.  Slightly oily/velvety texture.  Good acidity.  Dry.  On the palate, this is very lively.  Limes, slight herbal note and minerals.  Long finish.  This drinks so easily on its own but will work well with foods.  Of course, Wiener Schnitzel, but also some good ole Texas Chili would work well.  Drink over the next 8 to twelve years.  

Biodynamic wine.  Tasted at the winery.  Green/gold in color, clear and bright.  The nose is tight but opens to show limes, lemon zest, floral notes, and spice.  Medium to full bodied.  Concentrated.  On the palate, the limes return along with underlying minerality and spice.  Light tannins.  Good acidity.  Long finish.  This is a delicious wine that may still improve.  Drink over the next twelve to fifteen years.  

Tasted at the winery.  Biodynamic.  Silver/golden in color, slightly cloudy but bright.  The nose is initially tight, but opens, first showing asparagus, then minerality, a bit of ginger and finally, limes.  Medium bodied.  Medium tannins.  Nice acidity.  On the palate, the limes are in the forefront but there are also nice mineral undertones.  Really nice creamy texture.  Long finish that has a bit of green apple.  This is drinking beautifully, but will likely improve over the next year or two.  Drink over the next ten to fifteen years.  This would go well with fish or tofu tacos.  

This is a trocken (dry) Riesling from Lower Austria.  Purchased off the list at Palmen Haus Brasserie in Vienna.  Golden in color with green hues, clear and bright.  The nose is outstanding.  Peaches, slight lemon citrus, a hint of honey and wet rocks.  Medium bodied.  Crisp.  On the palate, it feels like it will be sweet, but it is dry.  Peach, apricots with underlying minerality and wet stones.  Long finish.  Very refreshing on a hot day but quite food friendly.  It went very well with a vegan Jackfruit Chili Con Carne Taco if not the traditional food pairing.  Drink over the next twenty

Very nice take on the Gewurztraminer grape.  This is certified Biodynamic from relatively young vines (under 15 years old).  Light golden in color, clear and bright.  The nose is nice but does not have the Lychee Nut that I associate with the grape.  More of a floral quality to it, with minerality and slight ginger note.  Medium bodied.  Semi-sweet on the palate.  This is very enjoyable to drink.  It drinks quite easy with lots of round notes.  It drinks well on its own but will work better with food.  This would work well with roasted duck or chicken.  Drink over the next few years.  

Light to medium golden in color, clear and bright.  The nose is nice with honey, slight pineapple, wet rocks and with air, just the slightest hint of diesel.  Full bodied.  On the palate, this still will develop more although it is very nice now.  Almost blowsy but just enough acidity to rein that in.  Not sweet but has the texture of a sweet wine and is dry.  Plenty of honey and slight peach over a crushed rock base.  Nice finish.  Very nice on its own, but would be better with Thai food.  Drink over the next ten to fifteen years.