2016 Gaisbohl Monopol Trocken Edition G.C.
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The 2016 Gaisböhl G.C. opens with almond cookie and ripe stone fruit aromas on the elegant nose. Pure, saline and dense on the palate, this is a full-bodied, lush and tensioned, textural Gaisböhl with a persistent finish. Not as pure, refined or fresh as the 2022, but it's still an impressive, age-worthy grand cru. Tasted at the Nobelhart & Schmutzig restaurant in Berlin, February 2024.
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Jancis Robinson MW
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Now this has settled down to a sweet/salty calm presence. Good balance and quite refined flavours. Though still a little astringent on the end. (JR)
The most open of the 2016 GGs from here with lovely peaches and apricots and a creamy, silky texture. Long, gentle finish. Drink or hold.
From cask, this delivers a fruit-dominated nose of ripe pear and white peach, allied to alluringly high-toned bittersweetness of almond and pistachio extracts. Pit and seed piquancy lend counterpoint on a lush, silken palate, where a flood of lemon and lime offers startling invigoration and sheer refreshment, while a dose of mineral salts sets the salivary glands to palpitating. Here is another instance of a Bürklin-Wolf 2016 whose long-lasting finish conveys a startling sense of energy.