Vanessa

9.5

Nikolaihof is among the oldest winemaking estates in Austria with roots going back approx. 2,000 years. The estate sits among Roman ruins and ancient structures. It was acquired by the Saahs family in 1894, passing from generation to generation since then.🤩🤩

In 1971 it was one of the first estates in the world to adopt biodynamic practices and has been Demeter certified since 1998. Its vineyards can be found on steep hillsides of the Wachau region (a UNESCO World Heritage site) in Austria, overlooking the meandering Danube River, with geographical features that help fuel ripening and moderate temperatures during the growing season. ☀️🌱

This wine is medium (trending deep) gold in appearance. 👁️

👃🏻 On the nose are complex aromas with pronounced notes of peach skin, nectarine, ripe papaya, dried apricot, yellow apple, honeysuckle, peony, steely minerality, wet stones, orange marmalade, hay, fennel, damp leaves, honey, cream, and petrol.

👄 On the palate this wine is dry with mouth-watering acidity, mouth-coating and textural qualities, medium alcohol (12.5%), flavors match the nose, and a long, polished finish.

It’s hard to believe this wine is essentially 24 years old, as it has retained incredible vibrancy adding lift to the earthy and honeyed characteristics. It was bottled in June, 2016, after nearly 16 years aging in old Austrian casks, resting underground in Nikolaihof’s dark Roman-built cellar.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 — 9 months ago

with Deked1

Douglas Braun

9.1

2010 -Vintage - yellow/gold , amazing character, for a 12 year old wine amazing character yellow apple, Stoney, spice , honey ,medium plus bodied — 3 years ago

Aravind A

9.3

About 3 years since my last bottle. This is fantastic now. On the nose: ripe peach, soft yeast, dense honeysuckle, soft petrol..so floral and intense. Fantastic acidity, and amazing density, lemon oil, peach, honey, then dripping with mineral intensity...wet stone, mineral oil, and the fruit recedes, only to reappear as soft lemon on the finish. Absolutely lovely. — 4 years ago

Nick

9.5

Austrian delight for Sean’s birthday via Howard street — 5 years ago

with Meghan, Sean and 1 other

Michael Piaker

9.4

13 November 2018. The Four Horsemen, Brooklyn, NY. — 6 years ago

Martinez

9.1

#rieslingfeier
— 6 years ago

Nate Miles

9.2

Quality Blau with a bit of age seems a life hack for a northern Rhone jones. — 8 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

10

Stunningly complex and alive, this is what I was hoping to find when opening an older bottle of Smaragd Gruner Veltliner.

The color was medium gold, no hint at all of age here.

The nose however started to put us where we were thinking, but there was still some youth. A deep and penetrating nose of golden delicious apples, yellow plums, and quince paste. The nose was so deep I wanted to jump into the glass!

The palate was exceptional, perfectly balanced with excellent density, breadth and a crazy long finish of minerals, fine acidity and subtle, juicy golden fruits.

An epic wine for me and a new benchmark for Gruner for my palate.

To add to the magic I walked the vineyard earlier in the day. — 9 years ago

Nona Rose

9.0

Nona had this 11 years ago

with Stephanie

Frank B

9.3

Had this with spicy Vietnamese noodles and it paired wonderfully with! The sweetness didn’t overwhelm the fruit and acidity. — 9 months ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.1

Always good. — 9 months ago

Stephen Osgood

9.0

Skurnik import. — a year ago

Max Lindner

9.0

Grüner Apfel, Säure, — 3 years ago

Bloody Amateur

9.1

Super-fun, super-cloudy — satisfies my craving for chilled, balanced light reds, perfect for a backyard barbecue. — 5 years ago

Raj Harb

9.4

Excellent mature bottle of Riesling. Aromatics start to kick in 20-30 min after opening. Deep stone fruit, honey. Good acidity. Very nice — 6 years ago

Nick M

8.9

This wine is wild. It’s like gruner veltliner on LSD. — 6 years ago

Douglas Braun

9.0

Love the spice (almost white pepper) stone fruit fabulous — 7 years ago

Patrick Downes

9.2

Nice nose mostly apples. Great acidity but balanced and a nice finish. Where have all these Austrians been all my life? Eminently quaffable — 9 years ago

Nick N

10

Nice medium body. Dry and delicious — 10 years ago

Robin Bundy

9.0

Light and tangy. Reminds me of a nice Riesling. At work with co-workers celebrating Gabby going to law school next week. We are going to miss you. — 9 months ago

Stephen Osgood

9.2

vibrant snappy green Grüner. excellent complement to fish taco @ Quintonil. — a year ago

Michal Rosenn

9.0

lovely weeknight grüner — 3 years ago

Oli

9.2

surprisingly spritzy indeed!!! — 4 years ago

Peter Wassam

9.2

Starts out on the wrong foot. Barnyard and aggressive CO2, but within 20 minutes was singing. Cherries and subtle licorice. Almost a milk chocolate sweetness, but like when chocolate is almost fruity. But not at all bitter. And has the sexy texture im starting to look for almost more than taste in determining quality — 5 years ago

Fredybeans

9.1

Jaune soutenu
Nez terpénique mais avec des notes plus lourde fruit jaune
Bouche large dense opulente avec une sensation de pierre chaude
Mineralite dans la densité plus que dans le côté aérien chauffe un peu — 6 years ago

with picolator

Илья Кузьмичев

8.9

Винополис.
Очень чистое, деликатное, неяркое.
Среднее тело и кислотность, хороший финиш. — 6 years ago

Fabrice Blazquez

9.2

Exceptional a real pleasure for the nose and the palate, an angel delight of green grapes with a coat of pollen — 7 years ago

Adam Kenney

9.0

This is totally freaky. It takes like flame broiled green onions. — 8 years ago

Michael Richter

9.0

Vintage 2014 — 10 years ago

Mimi McLaughlin

9.7

What's not to love? Happy Labor Day to me. @saugatuckgrainandgrape — 12 years ago