Winemaker Notes
The single vineyard Ried Klostersatz located in the village of Oberloiben is one of the oldest in entire Wachau – it has been first documented in the year 860, then owned by the archbishop of Salzburg. Attributable by its position in the Danube river bend the sediments are fine-grained on the top and the pebbles coming from the Alps are building the drainage underneath. This fact and over 45 years old vines result in very spicy and a kind of athletic wines showing promising aging potential.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2021 Loibner Grüner Veltliner Ried Klostersatz is clear, bright and refined on the subtle, less fruity and yeastier nose compared to the Dürnstein GV, and the fruit turns more to the yellow-fleshed ones. Partly vinified in large oak (20%), this is an elegant, refined and savory Veltliner with fine salinity and grip on the animating and bitter finish.
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Wine Spectator
Pretty and high-toned in a lithe style, with spring blossoms, green plum and white nectarine coursing with zippy acidity and chalky minerality. Reveals a whiff of smoke on the finish. Drink now. 100 cases imported.
Fun to say and delightfully easy to drink, Grüner Veltliner calls Austria its homeland. While some easily quaffable Grüners come in a one-liter—a convenient size—many high caliber single vineyard bottlings can benefit from cellar aging. Somm Secret—About 75% of the world’s Grüner Veltliner comes from Austria but the variety is gaining ground in other countries, namely Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the United States.
As Austria’s most prestigious wine growing region, the landscape of the Wachau is—not surprisingly—one of its most dramatic. Millions of years ago, the Danube River chiseled its way through the earth, creating steep terraces of decomposed volcanic and metamorphic rock. Harsh Ice Age winds brought deposits of ancient glacial dust and loess to the terrace’s eastern faces. Today these steep surfaces of nutrient-poor and fast draining soil are home to some of Austria’s very best sites for both Grüner Veltliner and Riesling.
Wachau is small, comprising a mere three percent of Austria’s vine surface and, considering relatively low yields, represents a miniscule proportion of total wine production. Diurnal temperature shifts in Wachau facilitate great balance of sugar and phenolic ripeness in its grapes. At night cold air from the Alps and forests in the northwest displace warm afternoon air, which gets sucked upstream along the Danube.
Its sites are actually so varied and distinct that more emphasis is going into vineyard-designated offerings even despite grape variety. Grüner Veltliner and Riesling are most prominent, but the region produces Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc (Weissburgunder), Pinot Gris, Sauvignon Blanc and Zweigelt among other local variants.