St. Laurent, Austria’s Rare, Red, Wine Grape Treasure
Due to its high demands in the vineyard and its fussiness in the cellar, the production of truly great St. Laurent wine is never an accident. It is a question of ambition and patience.
Due to its high demands in the vineyard and its fussiness in the cellar, the production of truly great St. Laurent wine is never an accident. It is a question of ambition and patience.
Grüner Veltliner is not just chic at the moment. It deserves a permanent place in the Hall of Fame of important grape varieties and a leading role among the wines to pair with food!
2001 Bordeaux wines are clearly very good. All eight wines showed very well, albeit at different levels of maturity. At 10 years of age, we have reached a stage where some are ready to drink, some will improve and a couple are still not ready.
It is fair to say that in Germany, 2005 is not such an outstanding vintage like for example in Bordeaux.
Having tasted these wines multiple times from barrel to bottle, (most recently last June in Bordeaux) 2009 is an outstanding vintage for Bordeaux wine.The wines are sensuous, supple, opulent and silky. At their best, they offer decadent tasting experiences.
Though the Grand Valley has a shorter growing season than other preeminent wine regions, the high altitude and clear skies allow for warm summer growing conditions, a large diurnal temperature difference and more growing degree days than Napa Valley or Bordeaux.
The 2011 harvest in Germany is similiar to other European wine growing regions like Bordeaux. It was a curious year of weather extremes that brought great anxiety and fantastic harvest results.
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