Loimer : Riesling Langenlois Steinmassl 2017

Fred Loimer's 2017 Riesling Ried Steinmassl 1ÖTW is clear and pure yet intense and concentrated on the spicy, delicately mineral nose that displays ripe, dried and also stewed fruit intermixed with some spicy aromas. Lush and round yet also pure and tight on the palate, this is a full-bodied and dense yet fresh and salty-mineral Riesling with mineral grip and tension on the intense and juicy but also fine and salty finish. Still very young and far away from showing its true potential. Tasted in September and October 2019.

Also from the 2017 vintage, Loimer's Steinmassl Riesling is more finely tuned, though less forceful, than his Heiligenstein. It has a bracing pear nose with a touch of honey. The lean attack has a sweet-and-sour edge, with a nettle-like character, and it’s less overtly ripe than the nose suggests. Creamy on the mid-palate, it finishes with fine acidity and length.