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NIKOLAIHOF 2023 GRUNER VELTLINER HEFEABZUG FEDERSPIEL, BIODYNAMIC

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322099
Size:
750ml
Quantity On Hand:
7
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WINE SPECTATOR 91 POINTS - "A smoky, dense version, with a bone-dry profile that leads with flint, smoke and petrol overlaying quince, pear, sweet fennel seed and snap pea. Verbena and lentil notes add earthiness. There’s a liberal dusting of fleur de sel on the precise finish, which rings with mineral intensity. Drink now through 2032. 500 cases imported."

ANTONIO GALLONI - VINOUS - 90 POINTS

The 2023 Gruner Veltliner Hefeabzug comes from various sites and is, in fact, the same wine as Zwickl, but filtered. Reduction is similar, though the fruit is more subdued. The palate is smooth and slightly smoky, yet equally snappy.

Nikolaihof is one of the oldest wine estates in Austria, whose history goes back almost 2000 years to the Roman empire.
Nikolaihof still functions as an independent, bio-diverse farm, growing all kinds of herbs, fruits and flowers, tending beehives for honey, and even using seeds for grapeseed oil. The average age of the vines at the estate are 47 years old and the vineyards are farmed without herbicides, pesticides, artificial fertilizers or synthetic sprays. Instead, stinging nettles, manure, valerian root and other specially produced preparations are used. Natural fermentations are the rule, in Austrian oak vessels, deep in the cold, 700-year-old cellar. Long lees contact and aging are the norm, with some wines aging as long as 15 years before being bottled.