Bernhard Ott Grüner Veltliner Der Ott 2021

- Wein der Woche bei JANCIS ROBINSON (KW12/2023): „I like Grüner Veltliner’s combination of fruit and veg but there are many disappointing examples lower down the ranks, youthful examples with more than a whiff of paint about them. But the combination of the excellent 2021 vintage in Austria, the results of Bernhard Ott’s wholesale conversion to biodynamics and regenerative techniques in the vineyard, and his traditional winemaking (including Stockinger casks) in the cellar shines through in this beautiful wine with an alcohol level of 13%, residual sugar of 3 g/l and total acidity 5.5 g/l. My tasting note: Pale greenish straw. Really intense essence of Grüner! Definitely worth paying a premium for this over others’ entry-level examples. Mouth-filling fruit and blessedly natural acidity. 17 Drink 2022–30“

- Robert Parkers WINE ADVOCATE, Stephan Reinhardt: „From younger vines, the 2021 Grüner Veltliner Der Ott offers a clear, intense and aromatic, pure and elegant bouquet of ripe pears. On the palate, this is a rich and intense, fresh and very elegant Veltliner with a long, aromatic and intense finish with fine, phenolic grip and a saline aftertaste. A spectacular wine, of which 45,000 bottles were filled in late spring of this year. 13% stated alcohol. Screw cap-closure. Tasted at the domaine in September 2022.“

- 17 Punkte JANCIS ROBINSON: „Pale greenish straw. Really intense essence of Grüner! Definitely worth paying a premium for this over others’ entry-level examples. Mouth-filling fruit and blessedly natural acidity.“

- 4* und TIPP VINARIA: „Tiefe wie reiche Frucht, rote Äpfel, etwas exo- tisch, recht traubig, Hauch von roten Schoten; köstlich saftige Frucht, reiche Fülle, kernig und ras- sig, kompakt und gebündelt nach hinten, super.“

- 94 Punkte A LA CARTE: „jugendliche Farbe, einladende reife Frucht, Kumquat, Steinobst, Verbene, balancierte Struktur, engmaschiges Finish, dicht und lang anhaltender Abgang, Würze im Nachhall“

Bewertungen für Jahrgang 2019:
- 94 Punkte A LA CARTE Wein-Guide: „Helle Farbe, vielschichtiges Bukett, Kräuter, Physalis, Birnen-Quitte, saftiger Wein, straffe, lebendige Textur, engmaschiges Finish, rosa Grapefruit, im Abgang lang anhaltend.“

- 93 Punkte FALSTAFF, Peter Moser: „Leuchtendes helles Gelbgrün, Silberreflexe. Zart rauchig-tabakig unterlegte weiße Apfelfrucht, ein Hauch von Limettenzesten, floraler Touch, einladendes Bukett. Saftig, feine Tropenfrucht, frischer Säurebogen, mineralisch-salzig im Abgang, fruchtsüßer Nachhall, bereits gut entwickelt.“

- 93 Punkte WINE ENTHSUIAST, Anne Krebiehl: „A bright, leafy freshness is subtle on the nose but is a signal of what is to come. It is on the palate that this fine but ripe freshness reveals salty, savory pepperiness. The more you savor, the more apparent it becomes. This is a wine that combines utter drinkability with typicity and depth.“

- WEINKENNER.DE, Jens Priewe: „In 2019 erst­mals aus Trau­ben sowohl vom Wagram als auch aus dem benach­bar­ten Kamp­tal gekel­tert (des­halb nur als Land­wein dekla­riert), dadurch eine etwas küh­le­re Sti­lis­tik mit mehr Lemon­gras im Bou­quet, im Mund aus­la­dend und dicht gewo­ben mit viel süßem Extrakt und Tro­pen­frucht im Nach­klang.“

- JoS, verkostet im Juni 2021 am Weingut: „Kraftvoll, reife Frucht, würzig, danach aber leichtfüssig, mineralisch, zart blättrig, fächert auf, komplex, trotz aller Kraft mundwässernd, langer Abgang.“

- 93 Punkte Robert Parkers WINE ADVOCATE, Stephan Reinhardt: „Sourced from younger vines in "Erste Lage" vineyards and fermented with natural yeasts in large oak, the 2019 Grüner Veltliner Der Ott offers a clear, bright, fresh, pure and flint-stony bouquet of white fruits (ripe pears) and crushed stones. Full-bodied, lush, round and intense but remarkably refined and fresh on the palate, this is a a stimulatingly salty, piquant and finely grippy Veltliner that already tastes gorgeous with lighter dishes but will gain amazing complexity over the years in the bottle. The is dense and intense and seriously structured but also so quaffable. Excellent. Tasted at the domain in June 2021.“