Saahs Nikolaihof, Vinothek Riesling Vintage:2000 The 2004 Gruner Veltliner Privat

The 2004 Gruner Veltliner Privat – as per usual – comes from 40 to 50-year-old vines in a lower section of the Piri

compact and sneaky long finale

Past its best though

Complex aromas of roasted raspberry and black cherry

very firm and overtly austere finale

Saahs Nikolaihof, Vinothek Riesling Vintage:2000 The 2004 Gruner Veltliner PrivatWelcome to the riesling deep end! Try to climb out if you can, but I don't want to! Although this is almost 20 years old there's a kaleidoscope of dried fruit aromas which also make this one of the world's most amazing dry white wines. An austere, but enormously intense, dry finish that words can't easily describe.