Hi
I wrote some time ago about a less than satisfying bottle of Gruener
Veltliner to which was answered that the bottle likely was tainted (fruit
scalping) by the cork.
Now, today I had an excellent wine - Mantlerhof Kremstal Terrassen 2004,
probably a generic estate wine, 12.5% abv exhibiting clarity, zippy acidity
and lots of taste and good length, perhaps with some less varietal character
(white pepper and hay) but nonetheless a very satisfying bottle. Highly
recommended at the price (15USD here, probably half that in Austria?)
And, yes,
it was a Stelvin...

;-) Anders (Ich bin nicht neidlich)

"Anders Tørneskog" wrote:

I wrote some time ago about a less than satisfying bottle of
Gruener Veltliner to which was answered that the bottle likely
was tainted (fruit scalping) by the cork.

I guess I know who answered ... ;-)

Now, today I had an excellent wine - Mantlerhof Kremstal
Terrassen 2004, probably a generic estate wine, 12.5% abv
exhibiting clarity, zippy acidity and lots of taste and good
length, perhaps with some less varietal character (white pepper
and hay) but nonetheless a very satisfying bottle. Highly
recommended at the price (15USD here, probably half that in
Austria?)
And, yes, it was a Stelvin...

Josef ("Sepp") Mantler is very traditional, but last winter he
started to study the matter of alternative closures intensely, and
came to the point to start to bottle his medium range under
Stelvin. For the early to drink basics I guess he continued
synthetics, and with top bottlings he will wait a little before
turning to screwcaps.

As to the wine, it's probably the same as "GV Löss-Terrassen".
Open www.weinwelt.at, enter "mantlerhof" in the window at the
upper right and click "GO". They say regular price is EUR 6,94,
while right now they have discounted it to EUR 4,49.

M.

"Anders Tørneskog" wrote:

As to the wine, it's probably the same as "GV Löss-Terrassen".
Open www.weinwelt.at, enter "mantlerhof" in the window at the
upper right and click "GO". They say regular price is EUR 6,94,
while right now they have discounted it to EUR 4,49.

Mhm, seems to be the same, with a different name and this
evaluation: 90 Punkte von A La Carte: mineralisch, dicht,
straff, viel Terroir, wunderschöne Frucht, solid und
körperreich, dabei kompakt

You might guess who originally wrote this tasting note ... ;-)

At 4.50 EUR it must be a steal!

Most certainly. We are in quite a happy situation over here, since
the only tax on wine is VAT at 20%, which enables super bargains,
of course!

M.