Austria

Wachau, Austria. Just when you thought that you reached the ceiling with the Achleiten Riesling along comes Toni's 'Wachstum Bodenstein' the crowning wine of the range that actually comes from their Seeberer vineyard high up above the river. Seeberer's poor rocky, friable gneiss soil gives the wine a remarkable smokiness and bristling, beautiful purity. It's a sublime wine, with exquisite grip & weave. A wine that goes on and on and on...Excellent; deserves a good cellar...

Wachau, Austria. A Riesling that shows the mirrored quality of the soil - a pure stony freshness in aroma and on the palate, with structure, firm citrus and stone fruit notes...

Burgenland, Austria.  Golden colour and plenty of polish to go with it. Apples and pears dusted with spice, saltwater, grilled nuts, fresh apricot. Medium bodied, peppery texture and taste, and also quite flinty, with a range of fruit flavours, though to a large extent, it’s not really fruity at all. It’s briny and delicious, with a long dry and dusty finish. Wunderbar!

Burgenland, Austria.  Unfined and unfiltered Blaufränkisch from the village of Rust on the hills beside Lake Neusiedl. High-toned red fruits on the nose carry onto a palate that shows black pepper spice and a gravel note, with firm texture and vibrant natural acidity.

Burgenland, Austria.  Intense and juicy, but very elegant and fresh on the palate, this is a full-bodied, complex and finesse-full red, something between classic claret and Pinot Noir. The finish is long and vital, reveals a delicate grip and will certainly please at least all true Riesling fans. What tension and purity, what grip and tension! Still not a really great wine, but what a lovely village wine!

Burgenland, Austria.  Concentrated and fleshy, with white-pepper powder and black-olive flavors highlighting the perfectly ripe dark cherry, blackberry and cassis aromas on the nose, this is a round and full-bodied, pure, fresh and elegant wine with remarkable fine tannins. This is probably the Blaufränkisch where fruit wine drinkers and Nebbiolo fans could come together. The concentration here is enormous and so is the tannin and acidity, but also: how refined. The finish is pure, fresh and long and...

Kremstal, Austria. The result is a spicy, concentrated wine – tastes very tobacco with hints of minerals and salty finish. Very complex...

Kremstal, Austria. Dry, fruity and light with classic – though subtle – Veltliner spice. Animated in the nose; multilayered with notes of citrus fruit, red apple and rosewood. Fresh and elegant on the palate; expressive, with good length...

Traisental, Austria. Delicate fresh green apple fruity aromas; displaying flavours of lemon; lime and peaches; solid fruit core; rich in finesse; with a beautiful length and mineral tones...

Wachau, Austria. From deep loess soils on terraced slopes of the "Hochrain" in Wösendorf...