Nikolaihof, Steinterrassen Gruner Veltliner 2012

"Lovely smokiness gives this 11-year-old wine a most youthful swing on the nose. The palate, likewise, is vivid with freshness and youthful verve. If I did not know better, I would think this is a much more recent wine. The palate is vibrant and sprightly, alive with white pepper that pervades lemony Mirabelle flesh—slender and bright. This is a lovely, youthful marvel. What enduring freshness. What lovely acidity. What a wine. With lightness, freshness, acidity, vivacity and spice, it is a force of life, with a sheer, endless echo of lemon. " – Vinous

"Very smoky, with notes of toasted baguette and dried pear, this medium-bodied wine is bone dry, with a serious structure that time has mellowed. Long, austerely stony finish. " – James Suckling