Nikolaihof Steiner Hund Kremstal Riesling

Score

93+

"From 45-year-old vines, the 2015 Steiner Hund Riesling displays a clear, deep and concentrated yet still closed and darker-toned and somewhat animal bouquet with the flinty notes of the Stein terroir. Lush and silky on the palate, this is an elegant but again animal and yeasty Riesling that needs some years to find its finest expression. The finish is juicy, round and lush, pretty aromatic and represents the crystalline soils in a very elegant and refined way. Bottled in July 2018. Tasted at the domain from lot 1420219 in September 2019. Drink 2023-2040."

Score

95

"A dry, solid riesling with dried lemon, apple, and light honeysuckle. Some complexity. Full-bodied, layered and flavorful. Very subtle and nuanced with so much intensity and focus, yet creamy and pretty. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink now."

Score

93+

"The golden-yellow colored 2013 Steiner Hund Riesling opens with an intense and concentrated dark fruit aroma with flinty notes of perfectly ripe and concentrated stone fruits. On the palate, this is a rich, ripe, pure, finessed and concentrated Riesling with great elegance and a very long and aromatic finish, stimulating salinity and flavors of marjoram. It is a great and complex dry Riesling that weighs in at just 12.5% alcohol. It is marketed as Niederösterreich (Lower Austria), although it comes from the Kremstal; but, for several reasons Nikolaus Saahs doesn't want to follow the DAC system. Drink 2020-2033."