Grüner Veltliner Ried Lamm Erste Lage, Schloss Gobelsburg

Helles Grüngelb, Silberreflexe. Reife gelbe Tropenfrucht, Nuancen von Mango und Orangen, feiner Blütenhonig, mineralisch und würzig unterlegt, facettenreiches Bukett. Komplex, saftig und druckvoll, finessenreicher Säurebogen, weißer Pfeffer im Abgang, würzig-salziger Nachhall, bereits zugänglich, wird aber mit Flaschenreife noch zulegen.

A gentle honeyed note introduces a deep golden aroma of mature fruit – golden pear, bitter orange – with no loss of freshness and energy. Slightly woody/cedary (not oaky). In fact there is a slight sour note on the finish which adds to the freshness. Mouth-filling and yet fresh and long, with a slight chalkiness on the finish. A wine you cannot (should not) rush. - Julia Harding MW

The 2022 Grüner Veltliner Ried Lamm is a loess site on sandstone at the foot of Heiligenstein. It was fermented and aged in large, 5,000 and 6,000-liter oak, one of them new. A touch of honey on the nose insinuates itself on a creamy nose. More air adds gentle spice, almost like anise. The palate takes this same spice and creaminess and unites them in pear juiciness. The texture and savor make the wine. The body is rounded but has a fresh, zesty contour. It is gentle and smooth but really fresh with a long, chamomile-like savor. (Bone-dry) - Anne Krebiehl

The 2021 Grüner Veltliner Ried Lamm has a hint of nutty, creamy oak. The palate also has a creaminess, and a flavor of freshly peeled green banana that expands into the woodland-scented freshness of moss. The palate has resonance and fluidity, beautifully captured understated ripeness and an inner calm that exudes quiet power. The body is fine, rounded, smooth and absolutely harmonious, finishing long and vibrant. (Bone-dry) - Anne Krebiehl MW

Bright straw colour with a light golden hue. Pure and layered with crushed stone, flint, ripe citrus, lemongrass, yellow fruit with some peppery and herbal spiciness. The palate has extraordinary weight and freshness with a fine backbone of extract, layers of unctuous stone fruit, plenty of fine spice - ginger, pepper, cardamom and mint with a very long and powerful finish. Tremendously pure and deep.

Leuchtendes Goldgelb, silberfarbene Reflexe. Feine Würze, zart nach Feuerstein, ein Hauch von Apfel und Blütenhonig, kandierte Orangenschalen, einladendes Bukett. Komplex, elegant, stoffig, zarte Tabakwürze, Papaya im Abgang, lang anhaltend, wird von Flaschenreife profitieren.

Deep nose of ripe mirabelle with just a whiff of white pepper. Less expansive on the palate than the bouquet suggests, but everything fits together so beautifully. Long, refined finish with a ton of candied-citrus character.

The intensely yellow-colored 2020 Ried Lamm 1ÖTW opens with an intense and elegant, refined bouquet of ripe and concentrated fruits intermingled with spicy iodine notes of crystalline rocks. On the palate, this is a dense and very elegant Grüner Veltliner with fine and crystalline acidity and a long elegant finish. The Lamm has more flesh and texture than the Grub as well as more suppleness and power, but it's also more saturating in 2020. Definitely a wine to age, though. - Stephan Reinhardt

Mittleres Gelbgrün, Silberreflexe. Zart kräuterwürzig unterlegte gelbe Apfelfrucht, verhalten, Nuancen von Babybanane, Mango und Papaya, mit dezenten Orangenzesten unterlegt. Komplex, mineralisch, fruchtsüße Textur, dezenter Säurebogen, reife Marillen im Abgang, opulenter Stil, süßer Nachhall, gutes Reifepotential.

Bedøvende dejlig næse med bidrag fra honning til abrikos. Smagen er lige så dejlig og kompleks, med raffinerede nuancer fra vanillebolcher, honning og modne abrikoser over kælne mineraler til fredelig pomelo i finish og eftersmag. Det er Grüner Veltliner fra allerøverste hylde, overbevisende, udfordrende og harmonisk til sidste dråbe. Smagen er prægtig, eftersmagen er mindeværdig. Det er en drømmevin – men kokken skal tænke sig godt om!

The intensely yellow-colored 2019 Kammern Ried Lamm 1ÖTW was vinified in new 50-hectoliter oak vats and aged on the fine lees until July 2020. The nose is clearly influenced by its crystalline subsoils and delivers a coolish-mineral, flinty tone next to the perfectly ripe, elegant and finely concentrated white fruit that is discreet and refined like green tea. On the palate, this is a rich, piquant, very elegant, highly refined and persistently salty Veltliner that develops an enormously long and complex, finely tannic and sustainably structured finish. This is a great, very promising wine that assembles everything in the starting block to go a long distance. 13.5% alcohol. Tasted at Schloss Gobelsburg in June 2021.

I visse østrigske vindistrikter opererer man med 1 ÖTW-betegnelsen (Erste Lage). Det svarer lidt til 1. cru i Bourgogne og refererer til den enkeltmark, hvor druerne er høstet - i dette tilfælde Lamm. Og lad mig slå fast med det samme: Der er virkelig 1. cru kvaliteter i denne grüner veltliner! Mild og mineralsk i duften med aromaer af gule blommer, ananas, mandarin, våd lavasten og hvid peber. I munden fedmefuld, fyldig og fuldkommen afrundet. Kun en antydning af sødme fornemmes i smagsnoterne af fersken, søde røde æbler og citrus. En stor hvidvin!

Leuchtendes, mittleres Gelbgrün, Silberreflexe. Mit Blütenhonig unterlegter reifer Apfel, kandierte Orangenzesten, ein Hauch von Mango. Saftig, elegant, facettenreiche Säurestruktur, komplex, im Abgang nach gelber Tropenfrucht, feinwürzig im Nachhall, sicheres Potenzial.

The 2018 Kammern Ried Lamm 1ÖTW displays an intense golden-yellow color and opens with a deep, clear and complex, remarkably refined and elegant, crystalline and flinty bouquet of crushed stones, herbs and ripe Veltliner fruit. Full-bodied, lush and intense but fine and elegant on the silky-textured and well-balanced palate, this is a perfectly round and sweet, lush and ripe, pretty generous Lamm with a long and elegant, beautifully balanced but tensioned and stimulating salty finish. - Stephan Reinhardt

The balance of this grüner veltliner is like that of a great chardonnay, but the complex herb and green-pepper aromas are totally different. In spite of the concentration, it is delicate on the palate. Long, creamy and spicy finish with ever expanding mineral character

Moosbrugger's intensely yellow colored 2017 Kammern Ried Lamm "1ÖTW" is very intense, precise and deep on the nose, where ripe and well-concentrated fruit intertwines with crystalline stony notes and a touch of oak. Mouth-fillingly juicy but fine and elegant on the pure and mineral palate, this is a lush and intensely fruity but also piquant Lamm with great intensity and a lingering mineral finish. Fine tannins add even more structure and give this deep and complex wine impressive aging potential. Moosbrugger's Riede Lamm is one of the finest Grüner Veltliners that have been produced in Austria in 2017. - Stephan Reinhardt

Bright light golden colour. Pure nose, stony and flinty with crushed peach, yellow fruit, ripe citrus and a mild spiciness. Very good density without heaviness, fresh and grippy with mellow extract, fresh peach, citrus and stone fruit notes with a dense and very long finish. Rich, bold, yet fresh and digest. Very good. - Andreas Larsson

Utterly fresh hints of green Conference pear play on the nose of this wine. They also dominate the palate at first, before a salty, moreish touch of yeastiness leaves its textured imprint. All is united by bright, lemony freshness that has a savory tang. - Anne Krebiehl MW

Mittleres Gelbgrün, Silberreflexe. Attraktiver Blütenhonig, reife Quitten, zarte Gewürznuancen, ein Hauch von kandierten Orangenzesten, feine Marillenfrucht unterlegt. Komplex, straff, feine Fruchtsüße, gut integrierter Säurebogen, elegant und gut anhaftend, zart nach Honigmelone im Abgang, dabei mineralisch und lange anhaltend, Reifepotenzial für viele Jahre.

This smells like being in a room full of drying herbs and flowers. Rich and creamy from the high ripeness but with a freshness that's discrete yet ever present. At no point on this wine's long glide across the palate does it seem the least bit fat or heavy.

The 2015 Ried Lamm 1ÖTW is deep, rich and intense on the nose with flinty and ripe fruit aromas. Full-bodied, round and elegant, this is a well-structured, fresh and slightly tannic Grüner Veltliner with a long and tension-filled finish. The wine is rich and intense but full of tension and grip. It should have great aging potential. - Stephan Reinhardt

Honeydew and muskmelons dominate on the nose as well as on the glossy and enveloping midpalate, but a rich undertone of roasted lentil and root vegetables, deeply toasted grains and tobacco engenders layered complexity that persists all the way through the superbly sustained, mouthwateringly salt-tinged finish. As sometimes happens with this particular bottling, there are hints of vanilla and resin from barrel, but their influence is not at all disruptive. This is statuesque where the corresponding Renner is musically dynamic. - David Schildknecht

Helles Gelbgrün, Silberreflexe. Mit zarten Blütenhonig unterlegte reife gelbe Fruchtnuancen, ein Hauch von frischem Apfel, Marille und Honigmelone, angenehme Kräuterwürze im Hintergrund. Sehr saftig, extraktsüß, elegante Textur, fruchtsüß unterlegt, straffe Textur, feine Apfelfrucht, integriertes Säurekleid, sehr gute Länge, sicheres Reifepotenzial. - Peter Moser

Fester, kühler und tiefer, subtiler, deutlich vegetabiler und ein wenig getrocknet-floraler, auch erdiger und leicht nussiger Duft mit gelbfruchtigen Aromen, etwas Wurzelgemüse, viel Mineralik und einem Hauch Kurkuma. Reife, ziemlich saftige, teils kandiert wirkende Frucht, lebendige Säure und ein Hauch Kohlensäure, nachhaltig am Gaumen, kräuterig-pflanzlich und floral, ein wenig weißer Pfeffer, deutlich hefige Noten, noch sehr jung und unentwickelt, etwas Gerbstoff-Griff, gewisse Tiefe, recht komplex, kompakter Bau, sehr guter bis langer Abgang. Muss unbedingt reifen.

Lovely spicy depth to the aroma. Lots of classic white pepper notes and a firm texture on the palate. Rich but refined too, with a long spicy finish. Should have a long life ahead, especially for a 2015. - Julia Harding

There is something of the summer meadow about this—the scent of yarrow combines with sun-ripened stone fruit. The lightness of touch is amazing: It tiptoes on the tongue but sprays with peppery freshness and lemon poise. What a lovely, balanced and light-footed joy. The long finish of yeasty spicy savor shows off the serious core of this wine. - Anne Krebiehl MW