Grüner Veltliner Ried Loibenberg, Smaragd, Weingut Knoll 2022 vs SHAY’S FLAT CABERNET SAUVIGNON Landsborough Joshua Cooper 2021
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| Availability | Out of stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | — | £52.95 |
| Current stockists | — | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Weingut Knoll | — |
| Style | Other | Other |
| Grape | Grüner Veltliner | Cab Sauv |
| Country | Austria | — |
| ABV | — | 13% |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
| Where to buy | No current tracked offers |
Grüner Veltliner Ried Loibenberg, Smaragd, Weingut Knoll 2022
Ripe and round with orchard blossom overlaying white peach, mango and tropical notes. This is rich and concentrated, a complex, silky Gruner with a fine mineral streak and saline edge, framed with touches of spice. The vines grow in loess-covered rocky subsoils on the lower slopes of the warmer Loibenberg vineyard while above steep stony terraces are the realm of Riesling. Loibenberg’s signature is a captivating minerality which shines through in this wonderfully impressive Smaragd (the Wachau's highest classification). Delicious with huge aging potential.
SHAY’S FLAT CABERNET SAUVIGNON Landsborough Joshua Cooper 2021
Joshua Cooper is a producer whose wines I buy in my spare time and drink when I'm not working. The wines are detailed and interesting, and that's something I really value, along with distinction, specificity, place and identity. So, the 2021 Shay's Flat Cabernet Sauvignon leads with a leafy, cassis-riddled nose, which is brambly and spiced, with lotus leaf/humidor (to quote a friend), star anise, mountain herbs, coal dust, salted licorice, ash/embers and blackberries. In the mouth, the tannins are svelte and streamlined—they shape the fruit but it's an invisible caress—and their finesse is like finely milled powder. While tasting, the rockiness of the place evokes earth and minerals in the mind. The cool part about this wine is its austerity of line and structure: it packs flavor and complexity and freshness into a fine-boned package. It's awesome. Thrilling, actually.
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