Nikolaihof | Wachau | Riesling Baumpresse | 2015 | 750ml | bio

Description

Product description for Nikolaihof Riesling Baumpresse 2015 (bio)

Bottled in 2023.

Wine Information

This Riesling was pressed in 2015 in a twelve-meter-long, 350-year-old wooden press in a process lasting more than ten hours. After 18 months in a large 2,000-liter barrel, it was bottled. The Riesling comes from clay, loess, and paragneiss.

Colour

: Light golden yellow

Nose

The 2015 Riesling from the wooden press is an approachable, heartwarming, deep, and unpretentious Riesling. Aromatically, it combines ripe yellow pome and stone fruit with calamansi cream, lanolin, and a hint of rock. Added to this is the typical scent of ripe Riesling, including ripe white and yellow blossoms. The aroma alone is a delight.

Palate

The enjoyment continues seamlessly on the palate. This is a Riesling of solid ripeness and fruit, with a silky, ripe acidity that nevertheless possesses excellent tension, which arises from the deep minerality. It is a Riesling with elegance and finesse. The fruit appears white and yellow-fleshed with a hint of citrus and a distinctly spicy-herbal component. I wrote of the 2012 Baumpresse: “You can only take your hat off to this, pour yourself another glass, put down your pen, and move on to meditation.” I can only repeat that here.

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Vinous

Score: 95

The 2015 Riesling Baumpresse was pressed in the historic press operated by a single oak beam. It was bottled in 2020 and released in spring 2023. Waxiness hits the nose first, followed by dried lemon peel and zest. The palate is super-smooth, with evolution that presents an intense waxiness, almost an oiliness, propelled by lemony intensity. Glints of ripe apricot shimmer, but the palate returns to its golden mean of dried lemon peel. The contrast between rich flavor and slender palate is mind-boggling. This is earthy yet elegant, memorable and intense in its flavor, yet quiet in its delivery. The Baumpresse is gorgeous and long, closing with hints of waxy citrus. (Bone-dry)
— Anne Krebiehl MW
Drinking window: 2023 – 2045
Review date: Feb 2024

Producer website: https://www.nikolaihof.at/en/home/