onsdag 23 maj 2012

Elfenhof Trockenbeerenuslese 1995

I have a sweet spot for sweet wines. Unfortunately that is not is shared by many people as nowadays it seem that dry wines is the fashion of the day. Germany and Austria produce many good sweet wines and the best ones and most powerful ones are either Eisweines or Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA). TBA is made fromselected grapes affected by noble rot or as it is known botrytized grapes. And Elfenhof has a Trockenbeerenauslese ruster cuvee from 1995. Elfenhof is run by a family since 1642 and is situated in Austria along the west side of the sea Neusiedlersee. Now the smell of this TBA is divine. Deep and lingers in my nose. The colour is deep amber. So beautiful. And the taste is true to a TBA. Very deep that lingers in the mouth for minutes.Very fine acid which goes well with the high sugar content. And I should have bought more bottles of this wine as it seem to be stored for a long time. I have heard the term liquid gold about Trockenbeernauslese and eiswein and that is so true. Compared to Sauterness wines the Austrian TBA has a much lower alcohol level. Only 11,5% for this TBA.

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