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Schwarzböck

It had been several years since I tasted any wines from Anita und Rudi Schwarzböck when I caught up with them at the June 2016 VieVinum to taste a small share of what is now a portfolio with more than two dozen wines. In the mere 13 years that this estate has existed, it has acquired an excellent reputation within Austria and significant representation abroad. The Schwarzböcks farm vineyards in several communities, largely clustered near the Bisamberg, including Stammersdorf, within Viennese city limits, but most of their vines as well as their facilities are within the Weinviertel. Like those facilities and the packaging of their wines, the Schwarzböcks’ style is sleek, squeaky clean, and modern in execution. The results can sometimes be quite expressive, though I have had wines that veered toward blandness, and occasionally also ones exhibiting rustic phenolics. As with many growers in Vienna and the adjacent Bisamberg, excessive alcohol can sometimes be a problem, especially with Grüner Veltliner.

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

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2015 Grüner Veltliner Vier Gärten

Release Price: $20

Color: White

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