Schloss Gobelsburg Sekt Brut Reserve NV

- 92 Punkte FALSTAFF Schaumwein Trophy 2019: "Mittleres Goldgelb. Intensive, mineralisch-tropische Nase mit Noten von Pfirsich, Agrumen, Feuerstein sowie Brioche. Am Gaumen zupackend aber elegant mit harmonischer Struktur und schöner, mineralischer Länge. Noten von Stachlbeeren und Cassis im Nachhall. Trockener, erstklassiger Sekt.“

- VIKTOR SIEGL: „(Non Vintage) Ruhige Perlage, leicht heuige Würze vom Grünen Veltliner, etwas Grapefruit und Haselnuss, charmant, cremig und verlockend; delikater Schmelz sowie helle Fruchtnuancen, verspielt und saftig, recht dezente Dosage, eine runde Sache.“

- 90 Punkte Wine Enthusiast, Anne Krebiehl MW: „A hint of straw and fragrant hay appears alongside the citrus notes on the nose. The palate has fresh lively lemony fizz that accentuates the freshness and slenderness of the palate and turns this into an ideal and totally appetizing aperitif.“

- THE WORLD OF FINE WINE, Terry Theise: "Disgorged in September, 2020, an assemblage of Pinot Noir, Grüner Veltliner, and Riesling, including fruit from Lamm, Grub, Gaisberg, and Heiligenstein (!!); as with the BdB it is all cuvée, “met-champ,” and tirage after six months in cask (of local oak). I don’t know the proportion of PN, but it’s decisive to the fragrance and palate.
It has always tasted more Austrian than Bründlmayer’s NV Brut, which is no snub to the fabulous Bründlmayer. Michi’s wine is more angular and sinuous, and in some way seems to offer a more vibrant dialectic without being at all tense.
It has the fluid, chlorophyll-y green of new spring leaves, the delighted lash of lemon balm and verbena, a nuance of white peach (hi, Riesling!), a ridiculously perfect poise of dosage, and something of a velouté of the sweetest green peas. It took all my willpower to spit it. I did, but I hated myself afterwards.
It also has a remarkably clinging length and seems to grow more concentrated toward the finale, so that it starts out gauzy and gets weightier and denser without sinking into heaviness. It feels like a wine Jean-Paul Hébrart would make from this raw material.
Second encounter is even better, more Pinot coming through, more sheer allure, and more of that elusive critter called charm. There will be tasters who find the dosage too high, but I do not understand those people.
It triumphs in any glass I use, and it has to be counted as a ginormous success in an “everyday” echelon."

- 90 Punkte Robert Parkers WINE ADVOCATE, Stephan Reinhardt: „The NV Brut Reserve (disgorged in May 2021) is based on the 2016 vintage and includes 50% Grüner Veltliner, 20% Zweigelt and 30% Welschriesling, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Vinified in stainless steel and disgorged after four years with a dosage of seven grams per liter, the vividly yellow-colored wine offers an intense yet elegant, refined and floral bouquet of ripe and nutty-scented fruit intermixed with fresh bread notes. Mouthfilling, round and juicy on the palate, with remarkable finesse and a highly delicate finish, this is a round, fruity and perfectly balanced sparkling wine based on grapes from the Kamptal. Tasted at Schloss Gobelsburg in June 2021.“