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Jäger

I hadn’t tasted a wine from Roman Jäger in a number of years, and have never visited his Weissenkirchen winery, but I caught up with him and a majority of his 2015s at the 2016 VieVinum. Jäger is well-endowed, with holdings in Achleiten, Klaus, Steinriegl and Vorderseiber (which he writes as two words: “Vorder Seiber”). He bottles not just Smaragd but also Federspiel from these prestigious sites, and my recent tastings suggested that he has a special talent for Federspiel. “We started picking very early by our standards in 2015,” reported Jäger, “on September 24. But the window for Grüner Veltliner Federspiel wasn’t until around the 12th to the 20th of October. I picked the Riesling ahead of the Grüner Veltliner this year, exceptionally, to insure ample acidity, and I kept yields relatively high this year in those places where I intended to achieve Federspiel.” Given how well these wines as a whole showed, I’ll try to make time in future vintages to incorporate Jäger into my regular Wachau tasting routine.

From Austria’s 2015 Rieslings & Grüner Veltliners: Ripe & Ready (Feb 2017) by David Schildknecht

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2015 Grüner Veltliner Federspiel Jägergarten

Release Price: $27

Color: White

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