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The Austrian wines in the price range at € 35 I have just the claim that the wines improve with storage and master the 10-year
hurdle with flying colors. For a good year - and that can be viewed at the home
99er wines for granted - and with the appropriate wine style (no fabric softener!) should find my image in the glass.

As a tip I have in the run-up Admiral Comondor

and Titan about the same estimated, all I have three experienced in her youth as a strapping lad with powerful tannins, the
Gabarinza
something feminine and the Perwolff know I, as wine, already drunk in preparing young great fun. My forecast was, however, only half true and, unfortunately, turn Korkler were one of the party: (- of course convince So really only Tesch Titan, which I would like to say a few words as the winner did !. The
Titan is the top wine of the estate Josef "Pepi" Tesch


. 1999 to 1997, the Titan 2.te

and was still wines with the help of friend and neighbor

Heribert Bayer

, who was then in wine consultant with such famous names as Franz Schindler, Josef Umathum, Hans Feiler, Gustav Krug and Erich Giefing as midwife of some Austrian wine barrel-like legends. Cuvée d'Or, Hallebühl, Solitaire, albatross and acted Cardinal . An understandable step, because after the emigration of his brother in the succession Operating Tesch was uncertain and Josef Tesch was fully engaged professionally as a cellar master at Winzergenossenschaft Neckenmarkt . The 1999 is the way to my knowledge the only year of the Titans , which contains in its Rebsortenmix a quarter Zweigelt (
a



Krutzler, Perwolff 1999 Südburgenland , a blend of mostly Gamay, clear, unfortunately, in the nose cork, on the palate then fortunately almost imperceptibly, as a food companion still acceptable but still: why is it always such a bottle and not the € 10 wines ?

I


was therefore - only a general tendency - as always with such a TCA-contaminated specimens: the Perwolff had a total of more juvenile with a fine acidity, civilized, more polished overall appearance
, oW. Pöckl, Admiral 1999, Mönchhof, Neusiedlersee
,

a blend of 70% Zweigelt and 15% each Blaufränkisch or Cabernet Sauvignon,

incipient garnet in the center with "solid" core, expressive tertiary aromas of leather and balsamic, tar, bitter chocolate on the palate with much sweet, red berry fruit equipped shows surprisingly round and balanced, would have me much more tannin expected, is the firm tannic structure, combined with a finely woven acid indicated only delicate, sweet aftertaste, some alcohol, not too long, not bad, but what remains as a profile and unique character of this wine still left, do not have what other wines? For me a little disappointed äuschend , *(*)/***

Tesch & Bayer, Titan 1999, Neckenmarkt, Mittelburgenland , the composition of this "4-blend" contains the vine Gamay, Cabernet Sauvignon , Syrah and Zweigelt, in equal shares, Ruby does, still youthful in his play of color in dipping my nose is beginning to clear, this is the finest Bordeaux-style, shows a lot of balsamic and dark hints of tar, the palate almost floating , with an ethereal lightness of the enormous fruit sweet fabric sliding over my tongue, a perfect mix of softness and structure, ripe tannins and balances, a rigorous piece of history of the category "Austrian wines, has potential for further 5 years, although I doubt that this wine can still" beautiful "show on the second day, then rum, the tannins in particular aftertaste significantly more present, a good Bordeaux St. Estephe not unlike , **(*)/***

Hans "John" Nittnaus, Comondor 1999, Neusiedlersee

, Bordeaux blend of CS, Merlot and a dash of Austrian patriotism emerge in the form of Zweigelt Golser from the top position Ungerberg, incipient garnet, fine sweet flavor to the Glass, the usual balsamic in the form of tarry notes furthermore, I am also olfactory associations with nut (liqueur), true rose petals and ethereal overtones, the wine is marked by nobility, a Sir, so to speak shows on the palate at first almost floating light , smooth with kräutriger wort, much sweeter fruit charm, is behind other to create something solid, ripe tannins a grippy texture, alcohol easily noticeable in the finish with astringency end, not quite balanced, but harmonious, the acidity borne back taste , ** / *** (for comparison the note from April 2009

) Heinrich, Gabarinza 1999, Gols, Neusiedlersee , incipient garnet, dark core, at first a little "dusty" nose, then short-term blueberry, caramel, sea buckthorn, after half an hour only is a maggi herbaceous flavor in the glass, the palate firmly structured, no trace of opulent fruit abundance of other wines, rather short and not quite balanced Angang, because of alcohol "dissolves" and a life of its own leads
, *-*(*)/***
Château du Cèdre, Le Cedre 1999 , Cahors - and what a cork, intense's can not be :-( was to be honest a totally botched bottle in the 99-series tasting almost overdue, just stupid that it has caught the same two copies ... was as small compensation for it's still a single bottle of magnificent Ronco Vieri, DOCG Ramandolo 1999, Friuli , rich amber color, the flavors clear direction almonds, a smell like after Contucchi from Siena (Tuscany almond cookies), wow - astonishing, what a lightness on the palate, a fantastic balance between sweetness and acidity, almost floating, yet with substance, as well as runs the third glass without problems quite easily down the throat silky , a fantastic piece from the Verduzzo Friulano grape- , provides a rapture my part, **(*)/***