BY LUKAS – GRÜNER VELTLINER

92 Punkte Robert Parker
From a highly located, south-facing vineyard on loess/loam and gravel that is cooled by the wind, the 2021 Grüner Veltliner “by Lukas” Ried Dornleiten Lagenreserve was picked as late as November, macerated for 10 days and aged on the gross lees until September 2022 and for another year on the fine lees. The dark golden-yellow wine opens with a deep, intense, iodine-scented and citrusy nose of white fruits. Round, lush and refined on the palate, this is a full-bodied, rich and elegant, that needs a richer dish to be paired with. The wine reveals vibrant but fine acidity, and the intense finish is saline and aromatically fruity, revealing fine but tight tannins and citrus bitters on the aftertaste.  The Wine Advocate

Erst Ende November gelesen wurde dieser bis September nächsten Jahres auf der Vollhefe gelagerte neue Veltliner-Typ: konzentriert und opulent, Duft nach Karamell, Honig und Walnüssen, muskulös und engmaschig, bewahrt sich aber auch viel Spannung und stützende Säure, agil wie finessenreich, große Ausdauer, große Zukunft – VINARIA

THE WINE ADVOCATE – ROBERT PARKER (vintage 2019)
Vinified in stainless steel, the late-harvested 2019 Lagenreserve Grüner Veltliner “by Lukas” is a selection of the very best Veltiner grapes of the vintage that were macerated for 10 days to extract all the ingredients. The golden-colored wine opens with a perfectly ripe, intense and concentrated bouquet of fully ripe and healthy fruits with notes of crushed hazelnuts, walnuts, stones and herbs. Rich and almost oily but refined and very elegant on the palate, this is an enormously supple, dense and structured but also refined and vital “best of” Veltliner with persistent mineral acidity and a long and aromatic finish. A Veltliner for hedonists, it reminds me of the late 1980s and early 1990s when ripeness, power and concentration were trump but rarely as well executed as here. Drink Date 2022 – 2050

WEINPLUS.DE
Fester, herber, angetrocknet-vegetabiler bis kräuteriger und einen Hauch wachsiger Duft nach sehr reifen, teils angetrockneten gelben Früchten mit tabakigen Nuancen. Kräftig und schmelzig im Mund, weiche Frucht mit moderater Säure und mürbem Gerbstoff, vegetabile, wachsige und tabakige Noten, nachhaltig am Gaumen, wärmender Alkohol, kandiert-nussige Töne, gewisse Tiefe, sehr guter, schmelziger, warmer, würziger, auch herb-mineralischer Abgang

Auszeichnungen
2021: **** VINARIA | 92 Punkte ROBERT PARKER | THE WINE ADVOCATE
2019: 95 Punkte ROBERT PARKER | THE WINE ADVOCATE
2019: HERVORRAGEND – Weinplus.de