EISWEIN GRÜNER VELTLINER
Eiswein is one of the estate’s sweet wine specialities. While we can produce noble sweet wines (Auslese, BA and TBA) in exceptional years only, we make Eiswein nearly every year.
Grüner Veltliner is especially good for Eiswein. Because of this variety’s thick skin, the grapes can hang on the vines for a very long time without any damage occurring. According to the Austrian wine law (unlike other countries) the grapes must be frozen naturally and can only be harvested at a minimum temperature of -7°C.
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VINTAGE 2018
CATHAY PACIFIC HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL WINE & SPIRIT COMPETITION: Awarded with silver
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22nd Japan Wine Challenge 2019: Awarded with Best Value Sweet Wine, Best Austrian Wine and Platinum
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WINE ADVOCATE/ ROBERT PARKER, rating 90
Picked on January 22, 2019 in the Ried Steinsetz and vinified in three 300-liter acacia barrels, the 2018 Grüner Veltliner Eiswein offers a very clear, precise and aromatic bouquet of stewed and concentrated stone fruit intermixed with honey and floral aromas. On the palate, this is a terribly sweet but elegant and fine ice wine with a stunning mineral (and fresh) background.
VINTAGE 2015
DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARD: 95 points
Awarded with Platinum: Best Austrian Sweet
A superb nose, intensely ripe, rich and spicy,
with stonefruit, apricot, peach and dried fruit notes.
The palate is luscious, filled with complex notes of
dried fruits, honey, refreshing acidity and caramelised
pineapple on the long finish.
VINTAGE 2014
VINOUS/David Schildknecht: Rating 92-93
Amazingly when one considers the rigors that this vintage’s fruit had to withstand and the fact that Riesling required stringent selection to avoid negative botrytis, Moosbrugger was able to harvest one healthy patch of Grüner Veltliner after it froze in late December. I tasted the results late last spring from the two 300 liter Austrian Mahnhartsberger oak barrels in which this elixir was raised and from which it was due to have been bottled in early autumn, but I report on them here lest I not have a subsequent opportunity to assess them. Gooseberry and mirabelle preserves are laced with fresh lime and floral honey. There is palpably high extract but also levity and juicy brightness. The finish here is startling in its sheer penetration as well as its incorporation of saline and crystalline elements—rare in a wine this ripe and residually sweet. At once soothingly rich and invigorating, here is an Eiswein that might well merit longer cellaring than my numerical prognosis suggests, though this genre is inherently unpredictable.
WEIN GUIDE: 3 Glasses
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WIRT + WINZER: 2/3 Glasses
FALSTAFF: Rating 96
VINTAGE 2011
WINE ENTHUSIAST: Rating 93
Faint vanilla and lovely creaminess play around the richly contrasting flavors of sumptuous, bright blossom honey cut by zesty, tart lemon-peel notes. Here and there a notion of passion fruit appears, highlighting the linear, zesty and yet totally rich nature of this seductive wine. An intriguing play between two extremes.
KAMPTAL WINE TROPHY: 3rd Place
Category Sweetwines “Facettenreich”
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VINTAGE 2008
FALSTAFF: 91 Points
GAULT MILLAU: 18.5 Points – 3 Grapes
VINARIA: 2 Stars
VINTAGE 2007
WEINWELT: 91 Points
VINARIA: 2 Stars
VINTAGE 2006
FALSTAFF: 92 Points
VINTAGE 2005
VINARIA: 2 Stars
VINTAGE 2003
FALSTAFF: 90 Points
POLISH WINE GUIDE: 3-4 Stars
A LA CARTE: 88 Points
VINARIA: 2 Stars
VINTAGE 2001
A LA CARTE: 92 Points
FALSTAFF: 95-97 Points
VINTAGE 2000