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Nikolaihof, Gruner Veltliner Steinterrassen, 2012 (Pre-Arrival, ETA Late Fall 2026)

White Wine from Wachau, Austria
by Nikolaihof
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Antonio Galloni

94 points

"The 2012 Grüner Veltliner Steinterrassen was bottled in May 2023 after almost twelve years in a 6,500-liter barrel. Lovely smokiness gives this 11-year-old wine a most youthful swing on the nose. The palate, likewise, is vivid with freshness and youthful verve. If I did not know better, I would think this is a much more recent wine. The palate is vibrant and sprightly, alive with white pepper that pervades lemony Mirabelle flesh—slender and bright. This is a lovely, youthful marvel. What enduring freshness. What lovely acidity. What a wine. With lightness, freshness, acidity, vivacity and spice, it is a force of life, with a sheer, endless echo of lemon." —Anne Krebiehl MW

Robert Parker

86 points

"Bottled after almost 11 years in May 2023, the Wachau 2012 Steinterrassen Grüner Veltliner is still closed on the pure, fresh and intense yet also wild and stinky (a little animal) nose. Tight and a bit untamed on the palate, with a certain share of Brettanomyces that dries out the finish a little, this is a round and elegant, savory and quite tannic Veltliner. 12.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in January 2025." —Stephan Reinhardt

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Gruner Veltliner

  • Vintage

    2012

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Biodynamic

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

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Nikolaihof is a trailblazing traditionalist: Biodynamic since 1971, its written winemaking history goes all the way back the monks who farmed there in the 5th Century (no, there’s no missing digit there). Today the family still practices an integrated farming like the monks did, involving farms without herbicides, pesticides or artificial sprays, making the wine with natural fermentations and ancient Austrian oak in their 700 year old cellar.