Krispel Weißburgunder Ried Neusetzberg 2018

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Even though I tendentially try to focus in just one wine at the time of tasting, sometimes it is a more than pleasant surprise to see which wines outstand when you try several ones in a short amount of time. 

Recently at a friend's birthday there was an exciting selection of different wines as he is quite a wine afficionate, to say the least.

From matured whites from magnum bottles to elegant south african Chardonnay, passing through champagne, Rioja or a surprisingly dense german red, among others.

But from all the wines which were opened in the evening, this Pinot Blanc from Krispel was, for me, the one that stood out.

Even though it was already 8 years old, it still presented itself with tremendous freshness and complexity revealing an interesting balance between primary and tertiary flavours.

In the mouth it has very pleasant creaminess, nuts and green quince in what I consider a tremendously fascinating flavour palette. 

This is the kind of wine that you can't just stop drinking and discovering new flavour nuances. 

For me, Steiermark is growing to be one of the most fascinating wine regions in the world, where the influence of the former volcano offers a complexity of flavours to the wines growing there. 

The other day, as I was having a glass of wine at Maison 16 in Hamburg, the birthday boy has seen this bottle of '18 half hidden in a back shelf, when in the front they were selling the '20. After having asked whether this was a bottle just for special customers, the owner of the place confirmed it, saying that there are bottles that should only be drunk by people who can appreciate it. 

And that is what we have done last weekend at the party.  

 

17/20

Country: Austria
Region: Steiermark
Grapes: Pinot Blanc
Winemaker: Stefan and Julia Krispel
13,5%
Link: https://www.krispel.at/produkt/weissburgunder-ried-neusetzberg-2018/ 

Location: Hamburg, Germany

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