2015 Hirsch Riesling Gaisberg
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The 2015 Kamptal Riesling Gaisberg 1ÖTW offers a clear, fresh and concentrated bouquet of super ripe white fleshed stone fruits. Full-bodied, fresh and piquant, with refreshing acidity, a certain tannin grip and first maturity that reveals a slightly drying but also juicy finish, this is excellent dry Riesling to be served with food. It is dense and well structured but won't age for decades.
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The haunting, esterous nose suggests rowan and white peach accompanied by kirsch and blueberry distillates. Firmer in feel than the corresponding Heiligenstein but bursting with midpalate flavor, this finishes with downright reverberative intensity; eye-watering brightness such as one least expects from 2015, not to mention mouthwatering salinity and consummate sheer refreshment. It seems to leave behind a load of crystalline stone and an alkaline residue you’ll have to scrape from your teeth.